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Suicide Blast Kills 50 at Pakistani Mosque

   VOA News 05 November 2010

   Pakistani  officials  say a suicide blast has torn through a mosque in
   northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 50 people.
   Authorities  say more than 80 others were wounded in the attack during
   Friday  prayers  in  Darra  Adam  Khel,  a  town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
   province.
   Witnesses  say  the mosque's roof collapsed, trapping people under the
   debris. Officials say children are among the dead.
   There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Local officials blamed
   the  Taliban  who  they  say may have been targeting tribal elders who
   spoke out against the militant group.
   A  number  of  mosques and Sufi shrines have recently been attacked in
   Pakistan, but Friday's suicide blast was the deadliest in two months.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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