Toll from Pakistan mosque attacks rises to 36

‘Pakistani officials have updated the death toll from an attack by the Taliban militants on a mosque in the northwest of the country, saying 36 are now confirmed killed as the result of the incident.
Naveed Akbar, the deputy chief of the Mohmand tribal district administration, said Sunday that eight children were among those dead in the attack on Friday which targeted the mosque in an area bordering Afghanistan.
“We have now compiled a list of victims of the blast, which includes 36 dead and 27 injured. At least, eight children below the age of 10 years are among the dead,” Akbar said, adding, “Many children were hit in the blast because they were praying in the last rows in the mosque” where the attack took place.’
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