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Blast at Pakistani Mosque Kills More than a Dozen

By Melissa Block
Published May 31, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

An explosion during evening prayers at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan kills at least 15 people in Karachi. Many suspect the blast may have been in retaliation for the killing of a senior Sunni cleric Sunday. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Shoaib Hasan of the Pakistani English-language monthly the Herald.

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