A blast during Friday prayers in a mosque in Nowshera, KP province, Pakistan, has caused several casualties. Emergency services and law enforcement are on the scene investigating the incident, which is initially suspected to be a suicide attack, as reported by KP's Inspector General Zulfiqar Hameed.
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