A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar today, killing at least 30 worshippers and wounding dozens more:
Rescue workers and volunteers gather at the site of bomb explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday.
Local police official Waheed Khan said the explosion occurred as worshippers had collected in the Kucha Risaldar mosque in Peshawar's old city for Friday prayers. Ambulances rushed through congested narrow streets carrying the wounded to Lady Reading Hospital, where doctors worked feverishly. Shayan Haider, a witness, had been preparing to enter the mosque when a powerful explosion threw him to the street.At the Lady Reading Hospital Emergency department, there was chaos as doctors struggled to move the many wounded into operating theaters. Hundreds of relatives gathered outside the emergency department, many of them wailing and beating their chests, pleading for information about their loved ones.
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