THE TELEGRAPH: Three suicide bombers attacked a popular Sufi shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, leaving at least 42 dead and wounding nearly 200 people.
The bombing of Lahore's Data Darbar shrine, the burial site of a famous Sufi saint, struck at the heart of the moderate Islam most Pakistanis practice. The assault wounded 180 people and again demonstrated the potency of militant groups that are linked to but operate far from the north-west tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Thousands of people had gathered late on Thursday at the green-domed shrine when bombs went off minutes apart in separate sections.
The blasts ripped concrete from the walls, twisted metal gates and left the white marble floor awash with blood.
Worshippers scattered as white plumes of smoke blanketed the area, footage showed.
There was no claim of responsibility, but Islamist extremists consider Sufism to be heretical, and they have previously struck non-Sunni sects. >>> | Friday, July 02, 2010
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