Mosque blast kills 56 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A bomb blast ripped through a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan as worshipers gathered for Friday prayers, killing at least 56 people and wounding dozens more, in the deadliest act of anti-Shiite violence in two years.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A bomb blast ripped through a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan as worshipers gathered for Friday prayers, killing at least 56 people and wounding dozens more, in the deadliest act of anti-Shiite violence in two years.
The attack compounds Pakistan's security challenge to contain a surge in militancy following last month's killing of 150 people, mostly children, at a Peshawar school.
The militant Sunni group Jundullah claimed responsibility for Friday's bombing in the city of Shikarpur. The bloodshed raised fears that extremists could be gaining a foothold in the region. Hadi Bakhsh Zardari, the deputy commissioner of Shikarpur district, said 56 died and 31 were injured.