The mosque is located in the wealthy Hayatabad district and, as revealed by the police, there were three militants - one of them was killed in a gunfight around the mosque, a second one blew himself up with a suicide vest, while the third was arrested.
Two weeks ago, another attack on a Shia mosque Sindh province's Shikarpur district left more than 60 people dead. Sunni militants who have links to the Taliban accepted responsibility for the attack on Shikarpur – it was the deadliest in years.
It may be noted that over the past decade, Pakistan has been facing an increasing number of sectarian attacks and a majority of these are carried out by hardline Sunni Muslim groups against the Shia groups, who make up about 20% of the population.
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