Blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar kills at least 32 people

More than 30 people have been killed and about 150 others wounded in an explosion targeting police at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to officials. Muhammed Asim, Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson in Peshawar, told Al Jazeera at least 32 people were killed on Monday and more than 70 injured people were brought in for treatment. A Peshawar police official told Al Jazeera about 150 people were injured in total. The mosque is inside a highly fortified compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counterterrorism department.

Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports.

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