Bomb rips through Shiite mosque in Pakistan

A bomb ripped through a Shiite Muslim mosque in the southern city of Karachi in Pakistan today, leaving more than a dozen people injured, police said.

The explosion occurred during evening prayers at the Madinatul Ilm Imambargah in eastern Karachi, said Asif Ijaz, a Karachi police official.

There was no word immediately on the condition of the people who were injured in the explosion. Ijaz said ambulances were at the mosque.