At least 16 killed in attack on mosque in Pakistan
ByUsman Zahid BBC News, Reporting fromIslamabad.
ByUsman Zahid BBC News, Reporting fromIslamabad.
Article outline
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Key points
- An exchange of gunfire is ongoing between attackers and security forces at the site in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- A rescue operation is under way and the death toll may rise, local media report.
- One of the assailants has been killed by police, an officer notes.
Eleven civilians and five police officers have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar.
Notably, an exchange of gunfire is ongoing between attackers and security forces at the site in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Notably, a rescue operation is under way and the death toll may rise, local media report. This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
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