At least 15 killed in an explosion during a Shiite procession in Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed today and 36 were injured by an explosion recorded during a procession of Shia in East Pakistan, reported EfE sources police.

The event took place in the village of Janpur, located in the Eastern Province of Punjab, where the Shia, faithful today celebrating one of their days of pilgrimage, were near a shrine.

Consulted by Efe, two police sources district Rahim Yar Khan - where is located the town of Janpur - claimed that this is an "accident" due to the explosion of a transformer.

However, witnesses cited by the television channel Express said that a bomb planted in the transformer was the reason for the outbreak.

The chain added that the faithful surrounded the police following the incident and accused them of negligence by not ensuring the safety of the procession.

Shiites, a minority branch of islam in Pakistan, are objective u000afrequent attacks planned by fundamentalist organizations of court Sunni, current prevailing in Pakistan

Punjab and the southern province of Sindh, whose capital is Karachi, are some of the areas most affected by the action of these groups in Pakistan.

In Karachi, the largest city in the country, have today extreme security measures to allow that Shiites held smoothly Chelum, a pilgrimage was organised by 40 days after the offal, which commemorates the death of a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. EFE

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