Suicide bombing kills at least 70 people at Sufi shrine in Pakistan
- 7 years ago
SEHWAN, PAKISTAN — The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed more than 70 people and wounded 250 more at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan on Thursday evening.
The bombing targeted the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the town of Sehwan, in Pakistan’s southern Singh province. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a Sufi philosopher and poet. Sufism is popular in Pakistan and regarded as a relatively tolerant form of Islam.
The shrine was crowded with people performing a spiritual dance when a suicide bomber blew himself up among the crowd.
The Islamic State attacked another Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan in November.
The bombing targeted the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the town of Sehwan, in Pakistan’s southern Singh province. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a Sufi philosopher and poet. Sufism is popular in Pakistan and regarded as a relatively tolerant form of Islam.
The shrine was crowded with people performing a spiritual dance when a suicide bomber blew himself up among the crowd.
The Islamic State attacked another Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan in November.