Kathmandu (PTI): At least five people were injured in a bomb explosion at a mosque in an eastern Nepalese district, police said on Sunday. The blast occurred on Saturday night after an unidentified group of assailants hurled a bomb at the mosque in Hattimoda village in Morang district as devotees were offering prayers, the police said.

Five devotees who were injured in the incident were admitted to a local hospital. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast, they added.