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Pakistan Shah Noorani shrine bomb 'kills 30' | |
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At least 30 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded, including women and children, in an explosion at a Sufi Muslim shrine in Balochistan, according to Pakistani media. | |
Emergency services are struggling to reach the site in remote Kuzdar. | |
Worshippers at the Shah Noorani shrine were performing dhamal - a trance-like dance - when the bomb hit. | |
Sufism, a tolerant, mystical practice of Islam, has millions of followers in Pakistan but is opposed by extremists. | |
A BBC correspondent say Sufi devotees have flocked to this popular shrine from all over the country, and from neighbouring Iran. | |
Those critically injured are being transported to hospitals in Karachi 100km (62miles) away, according to local officials. | |
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and called for speedy rescue efforts. | |
Extremist groups in the province of Balochistan have frequently targeted civilians this year. | |
In October, dozens were killed in an attack on a police college in the city of Quetta and in August an attack on a hospital there killed 70 people. | |
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