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Bomb explosion among Shiite procession kills 3

Videos circulating on social media showed police and ambulances rushing toward the site of the explosion

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Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with knives on chains during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan. Pic/AP/PTI

Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with knives on chains during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan. Pic/AP/PTI

A powerful roadside bomb exploded among a procession of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least three and wounding over 50 people, local police said.

Videos circulating on social media showed police and ambulances rushing toward the site of the explosion. Several wounded people were seen waiting for help along a road in the deeply conservative city of Bahawalnagar in the eastern Punjab province, where the attack took place.

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