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| At least 24 people have been killed and 30 injured in a bomb attack on a religious procession in the Pakistani province of Punjab, police say. | |
| The attack targeted Shia mourners in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan. The number of dead is expected to rise. | The attack targeted Shia mourners in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan. The number of dead is expected to rise. |
| Mourners were leaving a Shia mosque when the bomb went off. It is not clear who carried it the attack. | Mourners were leaving a Shia mosque when the bomb went off. It is not clear who carried it the attack. |
| Security and emergency aid personnel were quick to arrive on the scene and are taking away the dead and injured. | Security and emergency aid personnel were quick to arrive on the scene and are taking away the dead and injured. |
| Police are investigating whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. | Police are investigating whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. |
| "It appears to have been a suicide bombing, as there was no crater in the aftermath of the blast," the local police chief, Masud-ul-Hasan, said. | "It appears to have been a suicide bombing, as there was no crater in the aftermath of the blast," the local police chief, Masud-ul-Hasan, said. |
| "To my knowledge, 24 people have been killed in blast." | |
| A short while earlier Hasan Iqbal, the local police commissioner, told reporters: "It appears to have been a planted device." | A short while earlier Hasan Iqbal, the local police commissioner, told reporters: "It appears to have been a planted device." |
| Television footage showed bodies on the ground surrounded by debris and ambulances, with survivors wailing and beating their heads in grief. | Television footage showed bodies on the ground surrounded by debris and ambulances, with survivors wailing and beating their heads in grief. |
| Some unconfirmed reports say the attack has led to violent protests in the town. | Some unconfirmed reports say the attack has led to violent protests in the town. |
| Southern Punjab has a long history of sectarian violence with most of the blame being laid at the doors of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, one of Pakistan's most ruthless militant groups. | Southern Punjab has a long history of sectarian violence with most of the blame being laid at the doors of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, one of Pakistan's most ruthless militant groups. |
| Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is a militant outshoot of the Sipah-e-Sahaba organisation which demands Pakistan be turned into a hard line Sunni state. | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is a militant outshoot of the Sipah-e-Sahaba organisation which demands Pakistan be turned into a hard line Sunni state. |
| The Lashkar is said to have close links to al-Qaeda and the Taleban and has been blamed for a string of attacks including the Marriot bombing in Islamabad. | The Lashkar is said to have close links to al-Qaeda and the Taleban and has been blamed for a string of attacks including the Marriot bombing in Islamabad. |