Suicide attack inside mosque kills dozens

Several dozen people were killed today when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque, during Friday prayers, in Pakistan's volatile north-west. The blast demolished the two-storey mosque in Jamrud, near the Afghan border. Many of the dead and injured were buried under bricks and other debris. Officials warned that up to 70 could have died. Hundreds of local people gathered to dig out the victims by hand, carrying many away on beds, used as makeshift stretchers.Jamrud lies in the Khyber part of Pakistan's tribal area, with few medical or rescue facilities. The injured were taken to hospitals in Peshawar, around 20 miles away. Locals took many of them in their own cars, while ambulances were dispatched from Peshawar.