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| Blast kills 13 in Shiite procession in Pakistan | |
| 2012-01-15 | |
| A blast struck a Shiite Muslim religious procession on Sunday killing 13 people and injuring 20 others in central Pakistan. The bombing in Rahim Yar Khan district, in Punjab province, came as Shiites were marking the 40th day of mourning the death of Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussain. Suhail Zafar, a senior police official, said, "Thirteen people have been killed and 20 more injured." Police were do not yet know what caused the blast. Zafar said that police experts had collected some evidence to show it could be a bomb. He added, "We are examining those evidences." Abid Qadri, another senior police official in Rahim Yar Khan, said: "It was not an act of terrorism. A long flag in the procession struck the high transmission power wire and caused the explosion in the transformer."
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| Posted by: manversgwtw 2012-01-15 18:13 |