The United States on Thursday condemned twin bomb blasts that killed eight worshippers at a packed Sufi shrine in Pakistan, adding there was no "political justification" for such an attack.
"Our thoughts and deep sympathies are with the affected families and the people of Pakistan," Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, told reporters.
"There's obviously no political justification for killing innocent people, and we strongly condemn any deliberate targeting of civilians," Toner said.
"While terrorists continue to target innocent Pakistanis, the United States continues to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Pakistan in its struggle against terrorism, as well as its recovery from the floods," he said.
Eight worshippers including two children were killed in the bomb blasts Thursday at the the shrine to Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi as devotees packed it for a weekly gathering in the southern port city of Karachi.
Provincial home minister Zulfikar Mirza said an investigation into the attack was already underway and that the government had decided to seal all shrines in the city immediately over security fears.
"It was a terrorist attack," he said...LINK
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