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Suicide bombing in Karachi kills 20
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-28 21:15
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 Residents stand near the site of a bomb blast, which took place during a procession of Shi'ite Muslims, in Karachi December 26, 2009. [Agencies] |
KARACHI, Pakistan: A top health official says a bombing targeting a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi has killed 20 people and wounded 60.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the start of Monday's procession.
The march was marking Ashura, the 10th day of the holy month of Muharram, a month of mourning commemorating the seventh-century death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson.
Muharram has often been marred by bombings and fighting between Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority and its Shiite minority. Some parts of the Muslim world celebrated Ashura on Sunday.
