At least 44 people were killed and 150+ were wounded in a terrorist attack at a mosque in Pakistan.
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00:00At least 44 people were killed and more than 150 were injured after a bomb went off inside
00:05of a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
00:07The mosque was located in a compound that houses police and counter-terrorism offices.
00:12The Peshawar police chief told Reuters that the mosque was packed with up to 400 people
00:17and that most of the people who died in the attack were police officers.
00:21Officials said the attacker detonated the bomb as people lined up for prayer.
00:25The explosion collapsed the second floor of the mosque, trapping people in the rubble.
00:29The U.S. embassy in Islamabad released a statement saying,
00:33The United States stands with Pakistan in condemning all forms of terrorism.
00:37The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, but those claims have yet
00:42to be verified.