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Pakistan: Blast rocks Shiite prayer hall

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A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday outside a Shiite Muslim prayer hall in the main city in the Pakistani part of the disputed Kashmir region, witnesses said.

 

The blast went off at the end of a procession for Ashura, the the Shiite calendar's biggest event. One witness said he saw body parts on the street believed to be those of the suicide bomber. (Reuters)

 

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