Pakistan Sufi shrine: At least 13 killed in Baluchistan
At least 13 people have been killed and 20 injured in a suicide attack on a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan’s south-western province of Baluchistan.
Crowds of devotees had gathered for a three-day religious ceremony when the blast happened.
The shrine is in Jhal Magsi, near the provincial capital Quetta.
A regional official said the bomber detonated his explosives after being stopped at the gate of the shrine by a policeman. The officer was killed.
It is unclear who carried out the attack, but Sufi shrines have been increasingly targeted by Islamist extremists in recent years.
They view Sufism as heretical.
In April, about 20 people died in a suicide attack at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
