, The Associated Press, 25 January 2011

EXCERPT: "Suicide bombers attacked police protecting marches by minority Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's two largest cities Tuesday, killing 12 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The first and most deadly attack occurred in the eastern city of Lahore, where the bomber detonated his explosives as police tried to search him, killing 10 people. About an hour later, a second bomber struck in the southern port city of Karachi, killing at least two people. The attacks laid bare the challenges facing Pakistani officials trying to secure cities far from the northwest, where militants fighting Pakistan's U.S.-allied government and American forces in neighboring Afghanistan have long thrived. Many recent attacks have targeted minority Muslim and other religious groups. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Lahore, where thousands of Shiite worshippers were marking the end of a 40-day mourning period for the Islamic sect's most beloved saint when the blast hit their procession early Tuesday evening. [...] Shakirullah Shakir, a spokesman for the Fidayeen-e-Islam wing of the Pakistani Taliban, told The Associated Press in a phone call that the militant group had dispatched the bomber and warned of more bombings."

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Lahore chehlum procession blast kills 7, The News, 25 January 2011
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