About 49 people reportedly killed in a powerful bomb blast at a packed Shia mosque in Pakistan moments after Friday prayers Today January 30th, Reuters report.
Officials confirmed the death toll from a deadly blast at the mosque is currently 49.Saeed Ahmed Mangnejo, head of the regional civil administration, told Reuters that the death toll had reached 49.
Hadi Bakhsh Zardari, the deputy commissioner of Shikarpur district where the blast hit, added 31 wounded are still in hospitals in the area.
Police said the blast was caused by either a suicide bomber or an explosive device which went off when the mosque was at its most crowded on Friday afternoon in the centre of Shikarpur, which around 300 miles north of Karachi.
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