Deadly bomb at Punjab Sufi shrine

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Four people have been killed in a bomb blast outside a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police say.

The bomb, left on a motorcycle, went off at the gates of the shrine in Pak Pattan.

There have been a number of attacks on Sufi shrines in recent months.

Nine people were killed in two blasts in Karachi earlier this month, and 40 died in an earlier double attack on a Sufi shrine in Lahore in July.

The bomb was left in a milk container on a motorcycle at the shrine in Pak Pattan, 190km (120 miles) south of Lahore, police said.

“The rescue work is over. We’re now investigating,” regional police chief Mohammad Kashif told reporters.

Twelve people are reported injured.

There has been no claim of responsibility, but earlier attacks have been carried out by Taliban militants.

Worshippers at Sufi shrines follow a mystical strain of Islam and have been frequently targeted by Islamic militants in Pakistan.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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