Suicide bomber strikes at Friday prayers in Upper Dir of Pakistan

By: ranigee

Islamabad : Pakistan | 5 months ago

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UPPER DIR: A suicide bomber ripped through a mosque packed for Friday prayers in a remote village of Upper Dir, killing at least 30 people, 12 children among them, and injuring dozens of others.

The village of Hayagay Sharqi is about 30kms east of the district headquarters.

The bomber came to the premises and asked to meet with someone and blew himself up when the man came out of the hall.

Fourteen injured people were admitted to hospitals in Dir and Sheringal and some of them were in critical condition.

There were no vehicles in the village and local people phoned police in Sheringal and Dir towns to seek help.

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