A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite procession in Karachi, the commercial capital of Pakistan on Monday 28/12/2009, killing at least 25 dead in the latest attack in a series of attacks across the country, killing hundreds.
And highlights the attack on the Shiite procession, the third attack in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city within three days of multiple security challenges facing the country.
Pakistan is struggling to tackle the militants linked to al Qaeda and is under growing pressure from Washington to assist in the stabilization of neighboring Afghanistan, which the rebellious rage of the Taliban.
The bomb exploded on a main road during a procession held on the occasion of Ashura, despite the presence of thousands of security forces who were on a high degree of preparedness.
He said Interior Minister Rehman Malik said 25 people were killed and some 50 injured in Karachi and added that Alchddin want to destabilize Pakistan, told reporters he "Whoever did this it might not be a Muslim it's worse than a infidel."
The television footage showed a huge cloud of smoke over the scene of the blast and said reporters, television channels angry people attacked journalists and members of the police and set fire to shops and cars.
Moin said Rizvi, one of the witnesses, "I was walking in the front rows when the explosion occurred about 50 meters and took a cloud of thick smoke to the place immediately."
It called on the police chief Waseem Ahmed of Karachi for calm and said he was found at the head of the bomber.
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