Suicide bombing in mosque kills 61 in Pakistan

#suicidebombing #mosque #karachi #shiitemuslim It was a tragedy of unimaginable proportions when suicide bombers killed 61 worshippers in a mosque in Shikarpur district of southern Sindh province as reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 31 January 2015 – this is located about 300 miles north of Karachi, the biggest city in Pakistan.
As a result, thousands of Shiite Muslims took to the streets to protest against the when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a mosque during Friday prayers.
The incident happened during Friday prayers and people in large numbers attended the funeral prayers for the dead on Saturday. This day had been designated as a day of mourning by the provincial government. Other took to the streets to protest against the bombings.
The crowds consisted mostly of Shiite Muslims. They carried black flags and beat their chests as they offered their prayers, one after another.
Karachi is the economic heart of Pakistan and Sindh's provincial capital. It was also shut down for the day, with hundreds of Shiites staging protest rallies.
As reported by the police, the devastating explosion was a suicide attack. The explosives were strapped to the body of the suicide bomber and he selected such a place in the mosque that would cause huge destruction and maximum damage. The bomb was loaded with steel pellets, ball bearings and other types of shrapnel.
The shadowy Jandullah militant group, a splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban, has accepted responsibility or the attack.