Mastung: 19 killed in bomb attack on pilgrims' bus
19 people have been killed while several others injured in attack on a bus of pilgrims in Mastung.
MASTUNG: A government official says a suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southwest Pakistan, killing 19 people.
Tufail Ahmed says over 20 people were wounded in the attack Sunday in Baluchistan province s Mastung district. The blast completely destroyed the bus that was hit and damaged two other buses carrying Shiites that was close by.
An eyewitness who was traveling in the second bus said the pilgrims were headed to neighboring Iran, a majority Shiite country that is a popular religious tourism destination. The eyewitness did not provide his name.
