Summary The attack on the mosque took place in the town of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing at least 27 people and wounding over 50, police said.
The attack on the mosque took place in the town of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The bomber staged his attack at one of the mosque s exits leading to a bazaar, said Hangu police chief Mian Mohammad Saeed.
The blast damaged several small shops and peppered a wall with shrapnel, leaving scores of pockmarks, according to local TV footage. Ambulances rushed in to pick up the dead and wounded, as police tried to keep back onlookers in the crowded bazaar.
One policeman who was guarding the mosque was killed and another was injured.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
