Motorbike gunmen kill 15 in church massacre

At least 15 worshippers were massacred today when attackers opened fire on a Christian church in southern Pakistan.

The attack took place in the town of Behawalpur, 60 miles south of the city of Multan, in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but intelligence officials said members of a banned Islamic group were suspected. They gave no details.

There have been religious tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the area, but this was the first such attack on Christians in recent memory, authorities said.

Police said at least 100 people were in the church when six unidentified attackers on motorcycles sprayed the church with gunfire.

An undisclosed number of injured people were taken to hospitals, officials said.