Bomb goes off near mosque in northwest Pakistan; at least few killed

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Bomb goes off near mosque in northwest Pakistan; at least few killed

Police officers clear the way for ambulances leaving the scene after carrying wounded people from a bomb blast site, at the main entry gate of police offices, in Peshawar, Pakistan on January 30, 2023. A bomb went off Monday near a mosque and police offices in northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least a few people and wounding 70 worshippers, police and government officials said. A police official said on Monday that a large number of people had gathered for prayer at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar in Pakistan.

A portion of the building had collapsed and several people are believed to be under it, police official Sikandar Khan said.

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Mohammad Asim, a spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said they had received 70 injured, some of them in critical condition.