5 killed, over 30 wounded in Mosque blast in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD, Nov 5 (KUNA) -- At least five people were killed and more than thirty were wounded in the second attack since morning on a mosque in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, said police.
Unknown assailants hurled three hand-grenades inside the Sulieman Khel Mosque in Budhbeer area of the city, local senior police officer, Aijaz Khan, told newsmen. He said at the time of explosion, between sixty and seventy people were inside the mosque.
He confirmed five casualties and said that more than twenty others were wounded. Some segments of local media put the number of wounded people to more than forty. No group, so far, has claimed responsibility for the blast. (end) amn.ajs KUNA 051843 Nov 10NNNN