(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A remote controlled bomb exploded near a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing a four-year-old girl and wounding three others, an official said.The bomb was planted beside the outer wall of the mosque in Landi Kotal town in the Khyber tribal region, local administration chief Shakeel Burki said."The blast killed a four-year-old girl and wounded three others, one of them seriously," he said.No one has claimed responsibility of the blast which came a day after a bomb placed in a mosque in a densely populated neighborhood of Peshawar went off during afternoon prayers, killing six people.Peshawar is vulnerable to bomb blasts and Taliban attacks as it runs into the semi-autonomous tribal belt, considered a safe haven for Taliban, Al-Qaeda and other insurgents fighting both in Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan.Pakistan is in the grip of violence including bomb attacks, which has raised questions over security as the country prepares for a general election expected in May.End item/ 149
10 March 2013 - 20:30
News ID: 399057
A bomb blast near a Pakistani mosque killed a four-year-old girl and wounded three others. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, although Peshawar is particularly vulnerable to Taliban attacks.
