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Bombing at Shiite procession in Pakistan kills 30
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 28 - 12 - 2009


A suicide bombing tore through a procession of
Shiite Muslims in Pakistan"s southern port city of Karachi on Monday,
killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 80, officials said, according to dpa.
Hundreds of Shiite mourners were marching on the main M A Jinnah
Road lined with multi-storey buildings when the attacker detonated
his explosives close to the front of the procession.
"At least 30 people are confirmed dead and more than 80 others
wounded," Hashim Raza Zaidi, the top health official in the province
Sindh, of which Karachi is the capital, told Geo television.
Television images from the scene of the blast showed pools of
blood and several damaged police cars and ambulances that were moving
ahead of the procession. A helicopter hovered overhead.
The attack sparked riots, with mobs burning more than 400 shops
and 68 vehicles.
Karachi Mayor Mustafa Kamal said the attack was aimed at causing
tension between Shiites and Sunni Muslims, and to disturb peace in
the city. He called upon both sects to exercise restraint.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but
Pakistan"s Interior Minister Rehman Malik blamed Islamist insurgents.
Malik said Taliban, al-Qaeda and Sunni militant groups had formed
a "triangular syndicate" to destabilize the country.
He condemned the violence that followed the suicide blast, and
said paramilitary troops had taken control of the troubled districts.
The attack took place despite deployment of more than 10,000
police and paramilitary troops in Karachi to provide security for the
religious processions.
Monday marked Ashura, the climax of the holy month of Muharram.
Shiite Muslims commemorate this annual religious festival to mourn
the killing of Prophet Mohammed"s grandson, Imam Hussein, in the year
680.
The holy month often sees deadly sectarian violence between
majority Sunnis and minority Shiites, who make up around 15 per cent
of Pakistan"s population of nearly 170 million.
Monday"s bombing came one day after a suicide attacker blew
himself up among Shiites holding a march in the Pakistan-controlled
part of the disputed Kashmir region, killing at least eight people.


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