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The attack took place at about 1:50 p.m. local time when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a mosque located near a market place in Parachinar, a main city in Kurram Agency, according to a report by local Urdu TV channel Express.
A large number of people were offering Friday prayers inside the mosque when the blast took place.
Express quoted district headquarter hospital sources as saying that 25 people have been confirmed dead and over 50 others were injured and many of the injured still remain in critical condition so the death toll could further rise.
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and over ten others were injured in a suicide blast that hit a market area in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Kurram Agency which borders Afghanistan Friday afternoon, reported local media.
The attack took place at about 1:50 p.m. local time at a main market in Parachinar, a city in northwest Kurram Agency, which is located just about 15 kilometers away from the Afghan border, according to a report by local Urdu TV channel Samaa.
Many shops around the blast site were damaged, said the report, adding that all the injured people have been rushed to the district headquarter hospital.
Police have cordoned off the blast site and a search operation is kicked off in the surrounding area.
Details about the suicide bomber are not known.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Friday's suicide blast in Kurram Agency is the third of its kind that happened in Pakistan over the last two days.
On Thursday two suicide blasts were reported in northwest Pakistan. One is in Upper Dir in which three local pro-government militiamen were killed and seven others were injured.
The other is in Peshawar, the largest city in northwest Pakistan, in which a suicide bomber hit a patrolling police vehicle at the outskirts of the city, wounding five cops.
No group claimed responsibility for both attacks which happened at a time when the Afghan president embarked on a two-day state visit to Pakistan.
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Even a mosque in Pakistan is not safe.
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