Deadly blast in Pakistan mosque

A suicide bomber destroyed a mosque in the tribal region of Khyber in northwest Pakistan when he detonated the explosives he was carrying during prayers, killing at least 48 people. Many more are feared dead or wounded.A suicide bomber attacked a packed mosque in northwest Pakistan at prayer time on Friday, killing 48 people and wounding dozens more, the top local administration official said.The bombing took place on the weekly Muslim day of rest in the town of Jamrud in the restive Khyber tribal region, which is located on a key road used to ferry supplies to Western troops across the border in Afghanistan."Forty-eight bodies have been pulled out of the debris and many others may still be trapped under the rubble," Tariq Hayat, the top administration official in Khyber, told AFP by telephone."More than 70 people were wounded. There may be many more dead," he said."The bomber was present inside the mosque and blew himself up when Friday prayers began," Hayat said.A top security official said earlier that 40 people had died."The entire building collapsed," the security official said, referring to the temporary mosque.