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At least 16 killed in attack on mosque in Pakistan

A vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque building during Friday prayers, a senior police official told the BBC.

At least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in Pakistan.

Eleven civilians and five police officers were killed after a vehicle packed with explosives crashed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, a senior police official in Peshawar said.

Gunfire is still being exchanged between the attackers and security forces at the scene in Kohat district, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A police officer said one of the assailants has been killed by police.

Local media report that a rescue operation is under way and that the death toll could rise.

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