At least 22 people, including four children, were killed and 40 others injured on Friday in a suicide attack on a Muharram procession by minority Shias in Pakistan’s Sindh province, a day after 12 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia shrine in Balochistan.
The bomber attacked the Muharram procession while it was passing through Shershah Haveli in Jacobabad’s lashari Mohalla, killing 22 people and injuring 40 others, District Health Chief Ghulam Murtaza said. Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Khuda Bakhash said it was a suicide bombing.
“Police have recovered lower part of the body of the possible suicide bomber from the site,” SSP Jacobabad Malik Zafar Iqbal Awan said. The blast took place despite stringent security measures put in place for the Ashura processions taken out on the 9th and 10th of Muhurram by Shia Muslims.
The injured were rushed to the District Hospital Jacobabad where an emergency has been declared.