At least 30 killed as suicide attacker hits Pakistan mosque

A man who was injured in a suicide bomb attack targeting Friday prayers at a mosque in the Ghandi area of Jamrud, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar. Arshad Arbab  /  EPA

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and scores of others wounded Friday in a

 suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan, a senior government official told NBC News.

The official told NBC that a teenage attacker blew himself up inside the main hall of the mosque moments after worshippers had finished their prayers.

The Associated Press, citing a local government official, reported that the death toll could be as high as 40.

Some 300 people were at the mosque for Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan when the bomb exploded in Ghundi village of Khyber tribal region. Read the rest on: MSNBC.COM