Bomb kills 4, wounds dozens in northwest Pakistan
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Pakistani residents and volunteers inspect a mosque following a bomb explosion in Peshawar on March 9, 2013. Pakistani police say bomb has exploded in the Sunni mosque in the north-west, killing at least four people and wounding more than 25 others. -- PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR (AP) - Pakistani police say bomb has exploded in a Sunni mosque in the northwest, killing at least four people and wounding more than 25 others.
Senior police officer Imtiaz Khan says the bomb was planted in a bookshelf inside the mosque in Peshawar.
Mr Khan says the remote-controlled bomb was detonated when noon prayers started in the mosque.
Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, has been the site of several terrorist attacks in recent months. The city is surrounded by lawless tribal regions where al-Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban have hideouts.
