Monday, April 4, 2011

Pakistan Sufi Shrine Suicide Attack Kills 41

Suicide attackers have killed at least 41 people and wounded many more at a shrine in Pakistan, police say.  The explosions struck near the Sakhi Sarwar shrine in Punjab, as Sufi Muslim devotees gathered for an annual three-day festival. 

Sufis, a minority Muslim group who follow mystical beliefs, are regarded as heretical by hardliners.  A Taliban fighter told reporters his group carried out the attack, the third on Sufi shrines in a year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12951923