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Vehicles burn after protestors reacted to bomb blasts that targeted a Shia Muslim procession in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. (GETTY IMAGES)
Three bombs ripped through a Shia Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing 35 people and wounding about 250 others.
The explosions on Wednesday evening appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks by Sunni extremists against the minority Shias.
The blasts were the first major attacks since Pakistan was hit by devastating floods more than a month ago. Lahore, the country’s political capital and home to much of its military elite, has been regularly targeted by militants over the past two years.
The bombs exploded at three separate sites as 35,000 Shias marched through the streets of Lahore in their traditional mourning procession for the caliph Ali, one of Shia Islam’s most respected holy men.
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