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Explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan claims 14 lives
The attack comes two weeks after a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan killed 61 people, the deadliest sectarian incident to hit the country in nearly two years.
Armed militants wearing police uniform have attacked a Shiite mosque in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar. One of the attackers blew himself up inside the building. At least 14 people were killed and scores injured.
The attack comes two weeks after a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan killed 61 people, the deadliest sectarian incident to hit the country in nearly two years.
Senior police official Rana Umer Hayat told AFP several gunmen threw grenades before storming the Imamia mosque in Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan's restive northwest, around the time of the main Friday prayers.
Pakistan has suffered a rising tide of sectarian violence in recent years, most of it perpetrated by hardline Sunni Muslim groups against minority Shiite Muslims, who make up around one in five of the population.
Earlier Friday, Pakistani police arrested 12 Taliban members over their alleged involvement in Peshawar school attack.
