Suicide bomb kills 19 outside mosques in Pakistan northwest

HANGU, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 19 people and wounded 45 on Friday in a crowded market outside two mosques from separate Muslim sects in Pakistan's restive northwestern town of Hangu, police and officials said.

The attack occurred in a tight lane that houses both a Shi'ite and a Sunni Muslim mosque. Some officials said the anti-Taliban Sunni Supreme Council often holds its meetings in the Sunni mosque, which was the possible target.