October 6, 2017 7:33 AM

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Pakistan: 20 people killed, 30 injured in suicide bombing in Balochistan

In Pakistan, at least 20 people, including a police constable, were killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide bombing yesterday at a Dargah in Fatehpur, of Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan.<br/><br/>The District Chairman confirmed the death toll late in the night. The deputy commissioner of Jhal Magsi had earlier said that the deceased include at least three children. <br/><br/>The explosion, which police attributed to a suicide bomber, took place at the entrance to the dargah of Pir Rakhel Shah, at a time when scores of people had gathered to pay their respects.<br/><br/>District Police Officer Mohammad Iqbal said the bomber had tried to enter the shrine but a security guard stopped him, after which the attacker detonated his explosives. <br/><br/>The attack happened hours after the chief of the military's media wing highlighted the army's efforts in combating terrorism across the country and brought up the role of non-state actors that the army believes are being sponsored by enemy spy agencies. <br/><br/>It was the second deadly attack on a shrine in Pakistan in 2017. In February this year, a suicide bomber had killed more than 80 people and injured more than 250 in an attack targeting the busy Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan, Sindh.<br/>''''''<br/>

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