BOMB ATTACK ON SHIA MARCH IN KARACHI KILLS AT LEAST 25

28.12.2009 [20:45]
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Baku, 28 December (AZERTAC). At least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing on a Shia Muslim rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi on occasion of Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram marking the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram, officials say. The attacker had been walking amidst a procession with tens of thousands of people. After the explosion, marchers turned their anger on ambulance workers, security forces and journalists. Pakistan`s security forces have been on high alert as Shia Muslims marked the holy month of Muharram. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, which comes amid an upsurge of attacks by Taliban militants in Pakistan.

BOMB ATTACK ON SHIA MARCH IN KARACHI KILLS AT LEAST 25

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