At least 43 people were killed and more than other 100 were injured in a suicide attack that targeted a Pakistani mosque in the tribal district of Khyber.

At least 43 people were killed and more than other 100 were injured in a suicide attack that targeted a Pakistani mosque in the tribal district of Khyber.

The attack took place after more than 500 people had packed into the mosque in the town of Jamrud, 25 kilometers from Peshawar, the main city in the northwest where most of the violence in Pakistan is concentrated.
Senior administration official Sayed Ahmed Jan told AFP news agency that the bomb had exploded seconds after the main prayer ended.

The deputy chief of the Khyber tribal district administration said 43 people had been killed and 117 wounded.
"It was a suicide attack. The bomber was wearing about 8-10 kg of explosives and was on foot. He detonated in the main prayer hall," said Khalid Mumtaz Kundi.

The explosion came as a US drone strike targeting militants in a house further south in the northwestern tribal belt killed at least four, according to local security officials.