Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills over 75
Pakistani Christians stage a protest outside the All Saints Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013.At least 75 people were killed and 130 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian church in Pakistan\’s northwest city of Peshawar on Sunday, hospital sources said.
The head of a nearby hospital where victims were taken says many of the wounded are in critical condition. Many of the victims were women and children.
The blasts happened Sunday at the main church in downtown Peshawar as worshippers were leaving after services. Several hundred people were there at the time of the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts.
Militant Islamists in Pakistan have carried out attacks against minority Christians and other Muslims they see as heretical.
Source: Agencies
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