Pakistan suicide bombing kills 57 sunni muslims
Dated 11/4/2006
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A suicide attack in the Pakistani city of Karachi ripped through Sunni Muslims celebrating the birth of the Prophet Mohammed, killing 57 people including several religious leaders, officials said.
The bombing was the deadliest in the volatile Islamic republic for nearly 20 years and sparked fears of possible further sectarian violence between majority Sunnis and Pakistan's minority Shiite community.
Angry mobs waving black flags rampaged through the streets after the blast, burning motorcycles, cars, a bus and a fire engine, and police fired teargas and live rounds in the air to disperse them, witnesses said.
"Information we have received from hospitals and police suggest that the death toll is 57," Salahuddin Haider, spokesman for the government of southern Sindh province, told AFP. Officials said another 100 were injured.
Scene of a bomb blast at a religious gathering in Karachi
