Ten injured in suicide blast during Eid prayers in Pakistan

Karachi: At least 10 people, including two policemen, were injured on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque during Eid-ul Azha prayers in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.[caption id="attachment_3002472" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Representational image. AFP[/caption]The suicide blast took place in Shikarpur district's Khanpur tehsil, around 470 kilometres north of Karachi, police said, adding another attacker fled from the spot.Police also foiled a separate suicide blast at another Shia mosque in the Shikarpur district where last year at least 61 people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque.Police said four suicide attackers had infiltrated Khanpur during Eid prayers, the Dawn reported.Two attackers had targeted a Shia mosque but were stopped by police at the entrance on account of appearing suspicious.When the attackers attempted to flee, one was gunned down by a policeman and the other was arrested.Pakistan has been hit by frequent sectarian violence in recent years, most of it perpetrated by hardline Sunni Muslim groups against minority Shia Muslims.