Over 60 killed in pakistani church blast

A bomb blast outside a church in the Pakistani
city of Peshawar has killed at least 60 people
and injured more than 100 others, officials
say.
They say two suicide bombers blew themselves
up as people were coming out after Sunday
Mass.
The victims were said to include women and
children, reports the BBC.
Islamist militants have been blamed for
previous attacks on Pakistan's Christians, who
make up about 1.6% of the country's mainly
Muslim population.
No-one has admitted carrying out the attack.
Witnesses said they heard two blasts, the
second more powerful than the first.
About 500 to 600 people were believed to have
been inside the church at the time.
Grieving relatives have gathered to identify
their relatives.
Many in Pakistan's Christian minority are
angry at the country's failure to tackle
militancy and extremism, which has claimed
thousands of lives within the past decade,
says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi.

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