3 killed, 59 injured in explosion during Muharram procession in Pakistan's Punjab province
The Hindu
The incident took place in Bahawalnagar, some 260 kilometres from Lahore when a Shia procession was heading to an Imambargah as part of the annual Ashura commemoration.
A powerful explosion ripped through a Muharram procession in central Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday, killing at least three people, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounding 59 others, the local government and police officials said. The incident took place in Bahawalnagar, some 260 kilometres from Lahore when a Shia procession was heading to an Imambargah as part of the annual Ashura commemoration. The Punjab government issued the list of the dead and injured. According to it, three mourners lost their lives.
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