Bomb blast near mosque kills 5 in Pakistan
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| Pakistani paramilitary personnel check an Afghan national at the Chaman border post along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Authorities have beefed up security at Pakistan's borders as the Islamic month of Muharram, a mourning month for Shiite Muslims, approaches to avoid terrorism. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid) | ||
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a mosque used by police Friday in an area of northwestern Pakistan, killing five people, said police.
Worshippers were leaving Friday prayers when the attack occurred in the Lower Dir region, said the area's police chief, Feroze Khan.
The blast wounded another 28 people, mostly police, said a local hospital official, Ghulam Mohammed.
Islamist militants have staged a string of bloody attacks against Pakistani security forces in recent months.
Lower Dir is next to the Swat Valley, which Pakistani soldiers wrested from the Taliban earlier this year.
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