<p> The deafening afternoon blast devastated the shrine in Ghondi area of Jamrud district, leaving more than 125 people also injured, many crippled for life.<br /><br />Hundreds were offering prayers in the mosque, located in a mountainous area in Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan when the suicide bomber struck.</p>.<p>Some reports said there were about 400 people in the mosque, which partially collapsed following the explosion, apparently burying many under the debris. </p>.<p>At least 53 people were killed, Xinhua quoted Pakistan's ARY TV as saying.</p>.<p>Some 50 critically injured were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar city some 50 km from the blast site.</p>
<p> The deafening afternoon blast devastated the shrine in Ghondi area of Jamrud district, leaving more than 125 people also injured, many crippled for life.<br /><br />Hundreds were offering prayers in the mosque, located in a mountainous area in Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan when the suicide bomber struck.</p>.<p>Some reports said there were about 400 people in the mosque, which partially collapsed following the explosion, apparently burying many under the debris. </p>.<p>At least 53 people were killed, Xinhua quoted Pakistan's ARY TV as saying.</p>.<p>Some 50 critically injured were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar city some 50 km from the blast site.</p>