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OIC denounces suicide bombing in Pakistan's Peshawar

RIYADH, Jan 30 (KUNA) -- The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) denounced Monday the suicide bombing that targeted a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which left scores of people dead and wounded.
In a statement, OIC Secretary General Hussein Taha expressed the organization's solidarity with Pakistan, affirming its firm position against terrorism in all its forms, and offering its deep condolences to the victims of this "heinous act." Earlier, a suicide blast took place inside a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city-bordering Afghanistan claimed the lives of 50 people with another 157 injured. (end) mdm.mb