Religion of Peace Kills 32 in Pakistan
Charles Johnson
Sat Mar 19, 2005 at 8:54 pm PST • Views: 170
Pakistan Shrine Blast Kills at Least 32.
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 32 people were killed and more than 40 wounded when a bomb exploded at a religious gathering at a minority Shi’ite Muslim shrine in southwest Pakistan late on Saturday, officials said.
The motive for the attack in Gandhawa, a small town in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, was not immediately clear, they said. The province has been troubled by both sectarian and separatist violence.
The bomb went off as food was being distributed after a late night ceremony at the shrine in Gandhawa, which is about 260 miles north of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi.
Faqir Ghulam Hussain, the shrine caretaker, said 32 bodies had been found and the final toll could be higher. “Limbs are still scattered over a large area,” he said. “It was just like Doomsday.”
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