Another city in mourning: Heart-wrenching images from Shikarpur

Friday's bombing in Shikarpur was the bloodiest single sectarian attack in Pakistan since March 2013
Tooba Masood | January 31, 2015

Friday's bombing in Shikarpur was the bloodiest single sectarian attack in Pakistan since March 2013. PHOTO: TOOBA MASOOD

SHIKARPUR:
Friday's bombing in Shikarpur was the bloodiest single sectarian attack in Pakistan since March 2013. A day after the attack, The Express Tribune visited the city to showcase the tragedy in its aftermath.

Bomb exploded near the stair case of the prayer hall where more than 100 people had gathered to offer their Friday prayers.


Shirkarpur's Imambargah.


At least 10 policemen were deployed outside the Imambargah.



A boy, under ten, hurt in the eye and ribs.


Police putting together missing pieces, searching for new evidence.


People gather around Shikarpur clock tower to offer Namaz-e-Janaza.


Stains at Imambargah’s ablution area that were later removed by men from Jaffaria Disaster Management.


Prayer caps kept at the Imambargah.
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