4 Killed, 28 Hurt in Mosque Bomb Blast
A bomb shattered a mosque as Muslim worshipers knelt in prayer in the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistan, killing four people and wounding 28. The blast came minutes after a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a court building in another part of the city, injuring four people, police said. Pakistan claimed that India sent its intelligence agents across the border to plant the explosives. There was no immediate reaction from New Delhi and no claim of responsibility for either bombing. The two nuclear-armed neighbors routinely accuse each other of terrorist acts.
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