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Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens
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A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 50 people, reports say. A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 70 people, police say.
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.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 has condemned the attack, which has been claimed by so-called Islamic State.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the attack, which has been claimed by so-called Islamic State.
A surge of attacks this week has shattered a period of improving security in Pakistan,
The shrine was crowded as Thursday is considered a sacred day for Muslims to pray there.The shrine was crowded as Thursday is considered a sacred day for Muslims to pray there.
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 blast, in one of the country's most revered shrines, is the deadliest in a string of bombings in Pakistan this week, claimed by the Pakistan Taliban and other Islamist militants.
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. At least 250 others were wounded, a senior police official told the BBC. The only hospital in the area was said to be overwhelmed.
In a statement, Mr Sharif vowed to fight Islamist militants who have carried out attacks in Pakistan. The critically injured were being sent by ambulance to Jamshoro and Hyderabad, some two hours away. The military said navy helicopters capable of flying at night would be sent to airlift the critically injured.
"The past few days have been hard, and my heart is with the victims," he said. Prime Minister Sharif has vowed to fight the militants who have carried out attacks.
"The past few days have been hard, and my heart is with the victims," he said in a statement.
"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."
At least seven people were killed on Wednesday and several more injured in two separate suicide bombings in the country's north-west. Sufism has been practised in Pakistan for centuries. Most of the country's radical Sunni militant groups despise the Sufis, as well as Shia Muslims, as heretics.
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. Two separate bombings in the country's north-west killed at least seven people on Wednesday.
And on Monday, at least 13 people died in a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Lahore. A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, said it had carried out that attack.