ISLAMABAD – A bomb exploded outside a shrine in the central Pakistani province of Punjab on Sunday, killing up to seven devotees, the local administration chief said.
The device went off outside the shrine of Ahmed Sultan popularly known as Sakhi Sarwar in Dera Ghazi Khan district, local administration chief Iftikhar Sahu said.
“According to initial reports six or seven people have died and 30 to 35 wounded,” he said.
The wounded have been rushed to the Dera Ghazi Khan hospital, Sahu told a private television channel.
Local police chief Tasadduq Hayat told AFP by telephone that the bomb exploded outside the shrine.
“It was a bomb blast and it is not clear if it was a suicide attack” he said.
More than 30 people were wounded, he said, adding that details about the death toll were being collected.
Up to seven dead in shrine blast in Dera Ghazi Khan
