WORLD> Asia-Pacific
|
WORLD> Asia-Pacific
|
|
Suicide bomber kills 22 in Pakistan Shiite mosque
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-05 19:57 Late last month, a suicide bomber blew up in a packed mosque near the Afghan border at the climax of a Friday prayer service, killing 48 people and wounding scores more in the worst attack to hit Pakistan this year.
But militants have also stepped up attacks in Pakistan's interior. Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud claimed credit for a deadly attack on a police academy in Punjab's capital, Lahore, last week that left 12 people dead, including seven police. He vowed to carry out more attacks unless the US stopped drone missile strikes against militants near the Afghan border. The drone attacks have continued, and a Mehsud deputy warned last week that militants would soon strike in Islamabad. A suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary base in Islamabad on Saturday, killing eight members of the security force and wounding four others. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, the second in the capital in two weeks. It was also unclear who carried out Sunday's attack on the mosque in Chakwal. The country has a history of sectarian attacks mostly carried out by Sunni militants against Shiites.
|
