A powerful bomb exploded near security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. Chaudary/Associated Press)LAHORE, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20 others, police said. Hundreds of pilgrims were inside and outside the shrine, where a local Sufi saint is buried, when the blast took place. In Pakistan, militants carry out near-daily attacks targeting security forces. Pakistanis in large numbers visit the shrine, where a pair of suicide attacks in 2010 killed and wounded dozens of people.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 04:36 UTC