SHRINE ATTACKED
Pakistani police officer speaks with relatives beside the covered bodies of blast victims at a local hospital in the town of Sehwan.
AFP PHOTO

SEHWAN, Pakistan: At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded Thursday when a bomb ripped through a revered Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, officials said, after a series of attacks which have shaken optimism over recent improvements in security.

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