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Pakistan shrine blast in Sindh kills many Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens
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At least 25 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide bombing at a popular shrine in southern Pakistan, local media report. A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 50 people, reports say.
The explosion targeted the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the town of Sehwan, in Sindh province. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the town of Sehwan, in Sindh province, police said.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and urged Pakistan to "stand united". Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the attack, which has been claimed by so-called Islamic State.
A Sindh police spokesman said a suicide bomber had entered the shrine and blown himself up among the devotees. The shrine was crowded as Thursday is considered a sacred day for Muslims to pray there.
Television station Samaa initially reported more than 50 people were injured, while Geo TV put the figure at over 100. The blast, in one of the country's most revered shrines, is the largest in a string of bombings in Pakistan this week, claimed by the Pakistan Taliban and other Islamist militants.
The shrine is one of the most revered in Pakistan, and was crowded as Thursday is considered a sacred day for Muslims to pray there. Dozens of others were injured. Nearby medical facilities were said to be insufficient to handle large-scale casualties, and those that could were two hours' drive away in Jamshoro and Hyderabad.
Medical facilities near the blast site are said to be insufficient to handle large-scale casualties. In a statement, Mr Sharif vowed to fight Islamist militants who have carried out attacks in Pakistan.
Those that can are two hours' drive away in Jamshoro and Hyderabad. "The past few days have been hard, and my heart is with the victims," he said.
No group has so far claimed it carried out the attack.
'Universal humanity'
In a statement, the prime minister vowed to fight Islamist militants who have carried out attacks in Pakistan.
"The past few days have been hard, and my heart is with the victims," Mr Sharif said.
"But we can't let these events divide us, or scare us. We must stand united in this struggle for the Pakistani identity, and universal humanity.""But we can't let these events divide us, or scare us. We must stand united in this struggle for the Pakistani identity, and universal humanity."
The blast is the latest in a string of bombings in Pakistan this week.
Pakistan hit by deadly suicide attacks
Deadly blast at Lahore protest rally
At least seven people were killed on Wednesday and several more injured in two separate suicide bombings in the country's north-west.At least seven people were killed on Wednesday and several more injured in two separate suicide bombings in the country's north-west.
In the first, six people died when two bombers targeted a government compound in the Mohmand tribal region. And on Monday, a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 100. A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, said it had carried out that attack.
A driver died in the second attack, when a bomber on a motorbike rammed a government van carrying four judges in the city of Peshawar.
And on Monday, a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 100.
A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, said it had carried out that attack, as well as two gun assaults in Karachi on 12 February.