Twin Suicide Bombers Blow Up Sufi Shrine/Mosques - Killing 35; 175 Injured
Lahore Pakistan -
At least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistan city of Lahore late Thursday night, killing 35 people and wounding 175 others, the city’s top official said.
The attackers struck as thousands of people were visiting the Data Darabar shrine, where a famous Sufi saint is buried. Islamic extremists consider Sufis to be heretics and have often targeted them in attacks.
The first suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a large underground room where visitors sleep and wash themselves before praying, said Khusro Pervez, the top government official in Lahore.
Minutes later, a second bomber detonated his explosives in a large yard upstairs as people tried to flee the first attack, he said.