The attack bore the markings of sectarian violence that usually flares up every year during the Muslim holy month of Moharram - a mourning period for the seventh century death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad.

• 星期四一名疑似逊尼派激进分子在西北部城市白沙瓦的一个什叶派清真寺里开枪，在射杀11人后自爆身亡。