Death toll rises to 24 in Pakistan shrine suicide bombing
Pakistani worshippers sit outside a shrine after a bomb blast in Jhal Magsi, about 400 kilometers (240 miles) east of Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. A suicide bomber struck a Shiite shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing many people and leaving at least 25 wounded, a provincial government spokesman and the police said. (Abdul Hameed/Associated Press)
A suicide bomber struck the shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in Jhal Magsi district, about 400 kilometers (240 miles) east of Quetta in Baluchistan province on Thursday.
Senior police officer Mohammad Iqbal said that more than 20 victims were still receiving treatment, some with critical wounds.
The bomber detonated his explosives vest when he was stopped for a routine search by a police officer guarding the shrine. Five children, a woman and two police officers were among those killed.
Sunni extremists and the IS perceive minority Shiites as apostates and have carried out many such attacks across the country.
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Sunni extremists and the IS perceive minority Shiites as apostates and have carried out many such attacks across the country.
At least 75 Shiites were killed in twin bombings at a market in Parachinar in the country’s northwest In June this year. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a sectarian Sunni extremist group, claimed responsibility.
The Sunni extremists are good at earnng Muslims a bad reputation.
Attacks on Islamic shrines are increasing-- Islamophobia is on the rise in Pakistan!