At least 56 killed in suicide bombing at Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan

A suicide bombing at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque 

A suicide bombing at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 56 people and injured nearly 200, police and hospital officials said.

Qazet.az reports that two armed men who arrived near the mosque on a motorcycle opened fire when they were stopped by police, before one of them forced his way into a crowded hall and detonated his suicide vest, according to a senior police official.