Suicide blast kills 23 Shiite Muslims in Pakistan - World

A suicide attacker on a motorcycle blew himself up in a market in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border yesterday, killing 23 Shiite Muslims and wounding 50 people, officials said. After the blasts in Parachinar town in Kurram region, security officials fired on people who took to the streets to protest, killing three of them, said local government administrator Wajid Ali.