Youth Attacks Shiite Procession in Pakistan
–> –> LAHORE, Pakistan — A teenage boy blew up himself on Tuesday evening while attempting to break through heavy security for a Shiite procession here, killing at least 10 and injuring 79, the police said. The attacker was 14 to 16 years old, the police said, and was carrying a handbag that he said held CDs. When he tried to enter the procession and was to be searched, he detonated his explosives, said Rao Sardar, the operational chief of Lahore police. The procession was to end near the tomb of a revered figure, where a number of suicide bomb attacks have occurred in the last year. One man, Hashmat Khan, said he had been standing outside his house to watch the procession with…
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