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Death Toll in Terrorist Attack on Shrine in Southern Pakistan Rises to 80

© REUTERS / Akhtar SoomroMen and relatives gather to attend funeral prayers for victims killed in a suicide blast at the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi, also known as the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine, during a funeral in Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan's southern Sindh province
Men and relatives gather to attend funeral prayers for victims killed in a suicide blast at the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi, also known as the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine, during a funeral in Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan's southern Sindh province - Sputnik International
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The death toll in a terrorist attack on a shrine in the Pakistani southern city of Sehwan has reached 80, local media reported Friday.

A man mourns the death of a relative who was killed in a suicide blast at the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi, also known as the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine, on Thursday evening in Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan's southern Sindh province, February 17, 2017. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Dawn newspaper, over 200 people were injured as a result of the attack.

On Thursday, a suicide attack took place in the shrine during a religious ritual near a tomb of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a Sufi poet and philosopher, involving a large number of participants.

According to media reports, the Daesh terror group, outlawed in Russia as well as many other countries, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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