21 killed in car bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
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At least 21 people, mostly policemen, were killed and 78 others injured in a suicide blast at a mosque during Friday prayers near the police lines in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
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What happened
At least 21 people, mostly policemen, were killed and 78 others injured in a suicide blast at a mosque during Friday prayers near the police lines in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
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