MULTAN, Pakistan - A pair of suicide bombers struck a shrine in Pakistan Sunday, killing 30 people gathered there and pressing a campaign of attacks against places of worship that extremists consider un-Islamic, officials said.
The practice of praying, singing and meditating at the shrines of holy men is widespread and much loved across Pakistan, but extremists consider it a dangerous deviation from the austere Islam they espouse.
| So they have to kill anyone who does it, of course. This is why it's the 'Religion of Peace'. Just do as some nutter holy man tells you to do. |
Several thousand people were attending celebrations to mark the anniversary of the Sakhi Sarwar shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab province when the bombers struck crowds outside the complex, said government administrator Iftikhar Saho.
A stampede followed the bombings, but it was unclear whether that caused any casualties.
| Hard to see how it wouldn't... |
Emergency coordinator Natiq Hayat said 30 people were killed and 100 wounded, 20 of them critically. |