30 dead, 160 injured in a suicide attack

CHAKWAL, At least 30 people were killed and 160 others injured in a suicide attack at the gate of Imambargah here on Sunday.

According to DSP traffic Iftikhar ul Haq the attacker blew himself up when security guards who were also among the dead,tried to stop him at the gate of Imambargah where people of

Shiite sect had gathered for a religious ceremony.

The injured of whom 15 to 20 were stated to be in serious condition had been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ), the official said.