Suicide bombing at Shiite procession kills 15 in Pak

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Oct 23 2015 | 11:42 PM IST
At least 15 people were killed and 36 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a procession by minority Shias in Pakistan's Sindh province today, a day after 12 others were killed in another suicide attack at a Shia shrine in Balochistan on the eve of Muharram.
The bomber targeted the Muharram procession while it was being taken out in Jacobabad.
District police chief Shah Zaman Khuro confirmed the attack.
"So far 15 people have been killed and about 36 injured," he said.
Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Khuda Bakhash said it was a suicide bombing.
Police said that the death toll may rise as some of the injured were in critical condition.
The attack comes just a day after 12 other people were killed in a suicide bombing at a Shia shrine in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province.
The minority Shia's are regularly attacked by extremist Sunni militant groups in Pakistan who consider them as heretics.
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First Published: Oct 23 2015 | 11:42 PM IST

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