At least 45 killed in blast at mosque in north-west Pakistan

Volunteers examine the site of an explosion inside a Shiite mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan (Muhammad Sajjad/AP)

A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 45 worshippers and wounding some 65 others, many of them critically, police said.

The blast occurred as worshippers had collected in the Kucha Risaldar mosque in Peshawar’s old city for Friday prayers.