Five killed in Pakistan blast

At least five people have been killed and 90 others wounded after a bombing at a Shiite religious procession in north-western Pakistan on Sunday which the Taliban has claimed responsibility for.

About 30 people have now died in five attacks on Shiites claimed by the Pakistani Taliban over the past five days while about 100 were wounded in the run-up to the Ashoura holiday, which commemorates the 7th-century death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.