A bomb attack on Friday killed 14 people and wounded more than 25 others at a mosque and religious seminary on the outskirts of Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, AFP quoted officials as saying.

A bomb attack on Friday killed 14 people and wounded more than 25 others at a mosque and religious seminary on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, AFP quoted officials as saying.

“It was a suicide attack in which 14 people were killed and more than 25 others were wounded," senior police official Shafi Ullah told AFP at the scene.

"The suicide bomber, who was on foot, first opened fire at police guards who were deployed outside the mosque, then entered the prayer hall where he blew himself up amid worshippers just before the start of prayers," he added.

The mosque and madrassa complex is located in Gulshan Colony on the edge of Peshawar.

Two other police officials Shaukat Khan and Imran Shahid confirmed the fresh death toll of 14.