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Pakistan blast leaves five dead Pakistan blast leaves five dead
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A suspected suicide bomb attack outside a Shia Muslim mosque in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left five people dead, officials say. A suspected suicide bomb attack on a Shia Muslim gathering in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left five people dead, officials say.
The blast in Muzaffarabad came as Shia Muslims commemorated the mourning festival of Ashura mourning the 7th-Century death of Imam Hussein. The blast in Muzaffarabad came as Shia Muslims commemorated the festival of Ashura that mourns the 7th-Century death of Imam Hussein.
More than a dozen people were reported to have been injured in the blast. More than 60 people were reported to have been injured in the blast.
Pakistan's security forces were high alert fearing sectarian clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslims. Pakistan's security forces were on high alert fearing sectarian clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
The attacker detonated his explosives as police tried to search him at a checkpoint set up outside the gathering, a police spokesman told the Associated Press news agency.