Pakistan: Blast hits Islamabad Shiite mosque — police

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A blast hit a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, during Friday prayers, police said. Pakistani daily Dawn reported that explosion occurred at the Imambargah Khadijah al-Kubra in the Terlai area on the outskirts of the capital. The newspaper said that 31 people had been killed in the explosion and 169 had been injured. Hospitals in the city were put on high alert. Dawn  cited Islamabad police spokesperson Taqi Jawad as saying that while the cause of the blast had not yet been

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