At Least 19 Shia Pilgrims Killed By A Bomb Blast In Mastung, Pakistan

Pakistani people gathered near a damaged pilgrims bus at the blast site in southwest Pakistan’s Mastung on Dec. 30, 2012. At least 19 people were killed and 25 others injured when a bomb hit a convoy of three buses carrying Shia pilgrims in Pakistan’s southwest district of Mastung on Sunday morning, said an official.

A Pakistani rescuer covers a body of a victim in an ambulance at the blast site in southwest Pakistan’s Mastung on Dec. 30, 2012.

Pakistani security officials patrol at the blast site in southwest Pakistan’s Mastung on Dec. 30, 2012. <Xinhua Photo/Iqbal Hussain>