A powerful explosion killed at least two, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounding 59 people, during a Muharram procession in central Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday,
The incident took place in Bahawalnagar, some 260 kilometres from Lahore when a Shia procession was heading to an Imambargah as part of the annual Ashura commemoration.
The Punjab government issued the list of the dead and injured. According to it, the mourners – Maheen Zahra,7, and Salman Nazir, 20, lost their lives. It said the condition of three of the injured persons was critical.
"The (Shia) procession (was) comprising 500 men, women and children, when an explosion took place. It seems to be a terrorist activity," the report said, adding that most of the injured are young men.
The suspect has been arrested who has been alleged for throwing a hand grenade at the mourners in the procession which was passing near a mosque in Bahawalnagar.
Pictures shared on social media showed police dragging a bearded and shirtless man in handcuffs.
