巴基斯坦自殺爆炸手造成23人喪生

Pakistani officials say a Taliban suicide bomber has killed 23 people near the capital, Islamabad.

Authorities said Thursday the bomber blew himself at Shi'ite Muslim march in the city of Rawalpindi after police tried to stop him for a security check. The blast wounded at least 62 others, including several children.

Earlier Wednesday, a Taliban bombing near a Shi'ite mosque in Karachi killed at least one person.

A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for both attacks, saying they terrorist group was targeting Shi'ites because it believes they are "blasphemers."巴基斯坦官員說，一名塔利班自殺爆炸手在首都伊斯蘭堡附近發動襲擊，造成23人死亡。

有關當局星期四說，這名爆炸手在拉瓦爾品第的什葉派穆斯林舉行遊行時引爆了身上的炸彈，此前警察曾試圖在一個安全檢查站阻攔他。這次爆炸還造成至少62人受傷，其中有幾名兒童。

星期三早些時候，塔利班在卡拉奇一座什葉派穆斯林清真寺製造了一起爆炸事件，至少一人被炸死。

一名塔利班發言人宣稱對這兩起襲擊負責，並聲稱塔利班之所以襲擊什葉派穆斯林，是因爲塔利班認爲他們是“褻瀆者”。