Shia Genocide Events
Islamabad, May 26, 2005: Suicide blast at Bari Imam shrine killed 20
Date : May 26, 2005
Location : Islamabad
Casualties :20
Gender : male , female , other ,
Narrative of the Event
On 26 May 2005, Twenty people, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed and nearly 100 others injured in a powerful explosion during a crowded Majlis at the Bari Imam shrine here on Friday in Islamabad.
Security guards and witnesses said that some 8,000 to 10,000 followers of both Sunni and Shia sects were attending the Majlis when a bearded man of medium height and dark complexion walked up to the stage and blew himself up.
“The suicide bomber tossed up in the air like a big ball of fire and his body disintegrated. The scene was like a slaughterhouse with body parts scattered everywhere. It was terrible,” Mohammad Asif, suffering shrapnel wounds, said from a hospital bed.
A police official posted a few yards from the Majlis said: “After the blast, a tall plume of fire went up in the sky and several people were killed.” Charred bodies beyond identification were found at the scene of the blast. The upper part of the body of a man believed to be the suicide bomber was also found lying a few yards from the blast site.
Sources:
1-https://www.dawn.com/news/141098/suicide-blast-at-shrine-20-killed
2-https://www.dawn.com/news/141179/security-forces-on-high-alert-after-suicide-bombing
3-Daily Jang Rawalpindi May 27, 2005
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