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At least 30 killed in Pakistani mosque blast

Police in Pakistan say at least 30 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a bomb blast in the east of the country.

It is reported that a suicide bomber set off a device in a Shi'ite mosque in the city of Sialkot.

The explosion happened during Friday prayers when the mosque was packed with more than 1,000 worshippers.

A second bomb weighing around 5kg was found in a briefcase at the scene and was defused by a bomb disposal squad.

Several hundred angry Shi'ites rampaged through Sialkot after the explosion.

The mob set fire to a petrol station and two police vehicles and hurled stones at buildings in the neighbourhood, police said.

Sialkot is around 170km southeast of Islamabad on the border with India.