ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) — A bomb exploded at the gate of a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s eastern city of Pakpattan on Monday, killing at least four people, the police said.
The explosive was planted on a motorcycle, the city police chief, Mohammad Kashif, said by telephone. The attack was the latest in the heartland province of Punjab.
“According to initial reports, two men came on the motorcycle and parked it near the gate just minutes before the blast,” he said, adding that three people were also wounded.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Taliban militants have in the past attacked Sufi shrines, including early this month.
Pakistan’s government faces a stubborn insurgency. Taliban militants generally abhor Sufism, the moderate blend of Islam practiced by most Pakistanis, and disapprove of visiting shrines.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Deadly Blast Hits Shrine in Pakistan
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