At least 60 killed in blast at Shikarpur imambargah

[Valin]

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AFP | Dawn.com | Reuters | Ubaidullah Shaikh

Jan 30 2015

 

SHIKARPUR: At least 60 people were killed and 60 others injured in an explosion inside a central imambargah (mosque affiliated with Shia Muslims) in Sindh province's Shikarpur district on Friday.

 

Civil Hospital Shikarpur had issued a list of 49 victims out of whom 46 bodies had been identified whereas the identity of 3 others was yet to be confirmed.

 

The cause of the blast has not been ascertained, but suspicions are that it may have been the result of a suicide attack.

 

Reuters reported that Jundullah, a splinter group of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which last year pledged support for the Islamic State group based in Syria and Iraq, claimed responsibility.

 

“Our target was the Shia mosque ... They are our enemies,” said Jundullah spokesman Fahad Marwat.

 

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