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1st LD: 8 wounded as blast hits Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi

Xinhua, February 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least eight people were injured on Wednesday evening when a blast hit a mosque of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, local media reported.

According to the reports, the incident took place at 6:30 p.m. when a blast hit a mosque belonging to the Shia Muslims in the Shakrial area of Rawalpindi, a sister city of the country's federal capital of Islamabad.

Police, security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the injured to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad.

An eyewitness said he heard a couple of low intensity blasts before the big explosion which was followed by intense firing from the site.

Some reports said it was a suicide attack at the mosque, but police has not confirmed it.

The Bomb Disposal Squad has reached the site and is collecting evidence for investigation. Endi