Ten Muslims, including a child, were killed in a bomb attack near a mosque in the city 'of Nowshera, near Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan. The victims belong to the community 'of the Sufis, which is considered heretical by Sunni majority and often targeted by Islamic extremist groups active in border areas with Afghanistan. The massacre and 'took place in a sacred place near the grave of a famous medieval Sufi saint, where a large crowd had gathered to receive the traditional meal offered after the Friday Muslim prayer'. The sanctuary 'to Akhun Punj Baba, dating from the XVI century, in the Akbarpur. From what we have 'learned by the police, the bomb was hidden in the common table and it' was driven away. At that time there were a hundred people in line to eat. Among the wounded were in some serious conditions. So far, not 'come and claim that the attack' occurred two days after the death of 15 persons in the tribal district of Hangu, always in the north west, caused by a bomb exploded at the passage of a police vehicle. President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the attack on the mosque as''a horrendous act of violence''and promised tough action against those responsible, which he defines''enemies of Islam.''
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