Pakistan mourns triple bombing as death toll rises
The death toll from suicide attacks that targeted a busy procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 31 on Thursday as six people succumbed to their injuries, officials said.
Pakistani protesters cry and shout slogans after bomb explosions in Lahore. The death toll from suicide attacks that targeted a busy procession in the eastern Pakistan city rose to 31 as six people succumbed to their injuries, officials said.
Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession made up of thousands of people on Wednesday at the moment of the breaking of the fast in the holy month of Ramadan, wounding hundreds.
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