How did a suicide bomber get into a Peshawar mosque?

Security officials gather for funeral prayers of police officer killed in the Peshawar bombing

Security officials gather for funeral prayers of police officer killed in the Peshawar bombing Source: AAP / AP

Rescuers have been pulling bodies and searching for survivors after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in the volatile north-western city of Peshawar in Pakistan. This latest attack by resurgent Islamist militants targeting police has killed 59 people, including 27 police officials, and injured many more.


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