An attacker wearing an explosive vest blew himself up inside a packed mosque during Friday prayers, killing at least 30 and wounding 40 more in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but a local government official blamed the Taliban and said it was probably retaliation for a Pakistani military offensive against militants in the Swat Valley region.
It was unclear whether any military figures or prominent anti-Taliban local officials were in attendance at the Sunni Muslim mosque in the village of Haya Gai in Upper Dir, …
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