ISLAMABAD, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 people were killed and some 30 others injured on Thursday in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan.Paramedics treat a bomb blast victim at a hospital in Multan, Pakistan, February 5, 2009. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)Local TV reports said that the blast occurred in the Wadani area near the Saddar police station in the city of Dera Ghazi Khanof the Punjab province.The blast took place when mourners of a procession on the fourth day of Hazrat Imam Hussain Martyrdom Anniversary were moving in the city.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.Witnesses said they saw bodies and scores of others injured lying on the road shortly after the blast.The bomb exploded outside the Wadani Imam Bargha mosque in the evening. The Imam Bargha is located near a bus station and in the city center.
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