41 killed in Shiite procession attack

Armed men opened fire on Shiite Muslim worshippers during a religious procession in a city in southwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 150 others. The city mayor declared an immediate curfew.

Officials reported an explosion and gunfire in a congested area of Quetta, the main city in southwest Baluchistan province, as a procession of hundreds of Shiite Muslims marking Ashoura, the most important day in the Muslim holy month of Muharram, passed by.