A suspected suicide bombing and gunfire has killed at least 35 minority Shi'ite Muslims in northwestern Pakistan.
The bombing targeted a procession in the town of Hangu in North West Frontier Province to mark Ashura, the holiest day for Shi'ites. Officials reported several blasts.
Enraged Shi'ites set shops and a bank on fire and fired shots into the air in the town 200km west of Islamabad.
Superintendent Mohammad Ayub, of the Hangu police, said four people died in a shootout during a curfew imposed after the bombing - one policeman, a soldier and two civilians.
In another incident, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus outside the town, killing four passengers, including a woman, and injuring two.
In neighbouring Afghanistan, at least five people were killed and 27 wounded in clashes between Shi'ites and Sunnis during the Ashura commemoration in the western town of Herat.
