At least 10 killed, over 80 injured in suicide blast at Muzaffarabad
MIRPUR (AJK), Dec 27 (APP): At least ten persons, including mourners and policemen were killed and over 80 others injured, 15 of them seriously as a result of a suicide attack on a Muharram procession near main Imam Bargah in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sunday evening, police said.A suicide bomber blew himself up when he was intercepted by the security men of a mourners procession of 9th Muharram.
The procession, when attacked, was passing through near a police barricade in front of Markazi (Central) Imam Bargah at CMH Road at about 6.30 p.m, a senior Capital Police Officer told APP.
He said the exact number of casualties and injured was still awaited since all the injured have immediately been rushed to CMH Muzaffarabad where some were in precarious condition.
Security has been alerted in the capital city of AJK and army was called in to assist the civil administration in maintaining peace and order in the area.
