ISLAMABAD —
A suicide blast has killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 200 inside a crowded shi’ite shrine in southern Pakistan, doctors and witnesses say.
Islamic State’s media wing claimed responsibly for the attack in which women and children were among the victims Thursday in Sehwan Sharif, a remote town in Sindh province.
A military spokesman said troops, helicopters and a C-130 aircraft were dispatched to the area to assist in the rescue efforts.
Separately, a roadside bomb struck a military convoy in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three soldiers and wounding two others, according to a Pakistan army statement.
A wave of suicide bombings and other militant attacks have killed and wounded dozens of people this week across Pakistan.
The deadliest attack occurred Monday that killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 100 others in the eastern city of Lahore.
Police and security officers cordon off the area of a deadly bombing, in Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 13, 2017.
The anti-state Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the violence.
Major-General Asif Ghafoor said recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan “are being executed on directions from hostile powers and from sanctuaries in Afghanistan.”
He did not elaborate, but Islamabad often alleges Indian intelligence agencies together with Afghan counterparts are helping and funding fugitive members of the anti-state Pakistani Taliban to plot violence against Pakistan.
Kabul denies the charges.
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