Pak Terror attack: 37 people killed by Taliban in Rawalpindi & Karachi - All India Radio

Nov 23

At least 37 people have been killed in Pakistan as Taliban terrorists including suicide bombers targeted security forces and Shia processions in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi and Karachi during the Islamic month of Muharram.

In the Rawalpindi incident, the bomber blew himself up when people tried to prevent him from entering the procession that was on its way to an imambargah (Shia prayer hall) shortly before midnight last night, officials said today.

They said the devastating attack left 23 people dead and 68 injured. Shia processions organised during the month of Muharram have often been targeted in the past and two blasts, including one involving a suspected suicide bomber, outside a Karachi imambargah last evening killed two persons and injured 16 others, including media representatives and security men.

The suspected bomber's explosives went off when his motorcycle collided with an auto-rickshaw outside the Karachi imambargah. As rescuers and security personnel gathered at the site, an improvised explosive device went off, injuring more people. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks in Rawalpindi and Karachi.

In another incident, four policemen, including a senior officer, were gunned down by militants at Bannu in the northwest yesterday while five persons were killed and 20 injured when a security forces vehicle was targeted with a roadside bomb in the southwestern city of Quetta.