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A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday the 30th of January 2023 in the highly volatile and restive north-western Peshawar in Pakistan killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 150 others, mostly policemen.

Various news websites are reporting that the powerful blast occurred inside the mosque in the Police Lines locality around 1.40 pm in the afternoon when worshippers, which included personnel of the police, army and bomb disposal squad – were offering the Zuhr (afternoon) prayers.

The bomber who was present in the front row blew himself up, causing the roof to collapse on the worshipers.