Information About Incident 44943-86975-217831 in Sargodha Pakistan

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Three persons were killed and more than 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in Sargodha town of Punjab in the evening of July 18, according to Daily Times.

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Three persons were killed and more than 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in Sargodha town of Punjab in the evening of July 18, according to Daily Times. The target was Darululoom Muhammadia Imambargah, witnesses said. Tariq Abbas, who was injured in the blast, said when worshippers were coming out after Maghrib prayers (prayer just after sunset), a youth tried to enter the Imambargah compound. When a guard stopped him, the teenage suicide bomber blew himself up.

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44943-86975-217831 7/19/2010 Pakistan Three persons killed and 20 others injured in suicide attack in Punjab

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