A bomb killed five people today at a shrine of a saint worshiped by both Sufi Muslims and Hindus in Pakpattan in Pakistan's Punjab. The attack is the latest at religious sites in Pakistan.
The blast, which was caused by a remotely detonated device, occurred at the gate of the Dargah Hazrat Baba Farid Ganjshakar shrine. Two men on a motorcycle placed the bomb hidden in a milk carton at the gate.
Two women were among the five people killed. At least 13 others were wounded in the bombing, which took place during morning prayers, and eight are in critical condition.
No group has taken credit for the attack, but the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the so-called Punjabi Taliban have claimed credit for previous attacks on religious institutions in Pakistan.
The Punjabi Taliban includes members and factions of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in particular is well known for carrying out sectarian terror attacks against minority Shia, Ahmadis, Sufis, and Christians in Pakistan.
The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is an anti-Shia terror group that has integrated with al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan's tribal areas. The Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has an extensive network in Pakistan and serves as al Qaeda's muscle for terror attacks. The group has conducted numerous suicide and other terror attacks in the tribal areas, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly the Northwest Frontier Province), and in Punjab province.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/10/5_killed_in_bombing.php#ixzz13PwFdfwj
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