Scores killed as suicide bomber targets Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan

Army soldiers stand at the site of bomb explosion inside a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan (Muhammad Sajjad/AP)

A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s north western city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 people, hospital officials said.

No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.