Pakistan: 16 killed in blast at religious gathering, no terror link

Times of India Sunday 15th January, 2012

Rahim Yar Khan district during a procession of Shia mourners to commemorate the end of 40 days of mourning for Imam Hussein, Prophet Mohammad's grandson, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in 680 A.D. Police told Dawn News that the blast may have been caused by a bomb or as a result of an electrical explosion in a transformer. An official said...

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