Thousands attend funeral of Pakistan bomb victims
The funeral for those killed in a double bombing targeting Shia muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi attracted thousands of mourners today.
The death toll from the attack on Friday has now risen to 33, with a further 165 injured.
The funeral for 14 muslim victims, held at a sports field in Karachi, was attended by 10,000 people, according to police officials.
Most shops in the sprawling city of 18 million people were closed and public transport was halted as a procession of mourners carried the coffins though the streets.
Karachi has a long history of sectarian violence between the majority Sunni and minority Shia muslims.
Yesterday a motorbike laden with explosives targeted a bus carrying a group of Shias to a religious festival.
A second bomb exploded outside the entrance to the emergency ward of the Jinnah hospital, where the victims of the first attack were being treated.
Police had initially suspected the two attacks were carried out by suicide bombers but later said the devices were planted.
A third bomb, defused at the hospital, was similar in type, indicating one group was involved.
The bombings coincided with the final and most important day of the Shia Arbaeen religious festival, marking 40 days of mourning for the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.
Security in Karachi has been tightened after a suicide bomb killed 43 people in December on the Shia holy-day of of Ashura.
Senior police investigator Raja Umer Khattab said the Jundullah (Army of God) militant group was behind both attacks.
He added: “This is the same group that carried out the Ashura attack.”
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today appealed for calm between the two communities.
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