A Blast Hits Muslim Procession Marking First Month Of Islamc Calendar In Pakistan

Pakistani police officials inspect the blast site in northwest Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan on Nov. 25, 2012. At least five people were killed and 83 others injured when a blast hit a Shia Muslim procession to mark Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, in Pakistan’s northwest district of Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday morning, said a senior official.

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim mourns over the death of his relative at the blast site in northwest Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan on Nov. 25, 2012. <Xinhua/Stringer>