Islamabad : At least 30 people were dead and 56 injured in a huge blast during the Friday congregation at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.The blast occurred at a Jamia mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar area in Peshawar city when the worshippers were offering Friday prayers, reported news agency PTI citing a rescue official.So far, 30 bodies had been brought to the hospital, reported Dawn citing Asim Khan, media manager of Lady Reading Hospital.According to the report, two attackers tried to enter the mosque and fired at the policemen standing guard. In the firing, one policeman was killed while the other was critically injured, Capital City Police Officer Peshawar Ijaz Ahsan was quoted as saying.
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