Pakistani security personnel inspect a Shiite Muslim mosque after it was attacked by Taliban militants in Peshawar on February 13, 2015. -AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Heavily-armed militants stormed a Shiite mosque in Pakistan Friday, killing at least 16 people in an attack claimed by the Taliban as revenge for the execution of one of their cadres.
Three attackers with grenades, Kalashnikovs and explosive suicide vests struck at the Imamia mosque in Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan’s restive northwest, around the time of the main Friday prayers.
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