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    10 injured in suicide blast during Eid prayers in Pakistan

    At least 10 people, including two policemen, were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque during Eid-ul Azha prayers in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

    10 injured in suicide blast during Eid prayers in Pakistan
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    Police said four suicide attackers had infiltrated Khanpur during Eid prayers

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    The suicide blast took place in Shikarpur district's Khanpur tehsil, around 470 kilometres north of Karachi, police said, adding another attacker fled from the spot.

    Police also foiled a separate suicide blast at another Shia mosque in the Shikarpur district where last year at least 61 people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque.

    Police said four suicide attackers had infiltrated Khanpur during Eid prayers, the Dawn reported.

    Two attackers had targeted a Shia mosque but were stopped by police at the entrance on account of appearing suspicious. When the attackers attempted to flee, one was gunned down by a policeman and the other was arrested.

    Pakistan has been hit by frequent sectarian violence in recent years, most of it perpetrated by hardline Sunni Muslim groups against minority Shia Muslims.

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