A child and an adult were killed while several others were injured in a suicide attack near a mosque in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat, according to Rescue 1122.
A preliminary details suggested the attacker was attempting to enter the mosque during Friday prayer but failed to reach inside and detonated explosives outside.
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Source: The Express Tribune News
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