75 feared dead as suicide blast rocks shrine in Pakistan

A deadly bomb blast at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh province in Pakistan has claimed the lives of no less than 75 victims including children and women in the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than two years.

Reports say the attack which also wounded a hundred others saw a suicide bomber run into the crowded Sufi shrine as worshipers performed a ritual at the famous Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in an attack claimed by ISIL.

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According to deputy inspector-general of Hyderabad police, Khadim Hussain, 75 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the attack with at least 43 men, nine women and 20 children among the victims.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from the capital Islamabad, said: “Hundreds are wounded and have been moved to local hospitals where the facilities aren’t in the best shape.”

Thursday’s blast is the latest in a series of attacks across Pakistan since Monday, when 13 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a rally in the eastern city of Lahore.

 

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