At least 25 people were killed and 77 injured in three bomb attacks targeting a religious gathering in Pakistan, dpa cited police and rescue officials as saying on Thursday. A bomber in a suicide vest attacked a religious procession in Rawalpindi near Islamabad just before midnight on Wednesday, said Muhammad Haroon, an official with the office of the city police chief. Deeba Shehnaz, spokeswoman for the Rescue 1122 service, told dpa that "23 civilians were killed and 62 people injured, including eight children and four policemen." Another two people were killed Wednesday in two more bomb attacks in the southern city of Karachi. A motorbike rigged with explosives was detonated near a mosque in Orangi Town, killing one person and injuring seven. In the second incident, a bomb was planted in the wall of a mosque in the same locality, killing one person and injuring eight. Taliban militants Thursday took responsibility for all three attacks.
