At least 12 women and children have been killed and more than 20 injured in a suspected bomb attack during a religious ceremony at a Shia mosque in central Pakistan. Authorities said an explosion tore through the mosque in the western town of Bhakkar, in Punjab province, just before midnight. They said an explosive device had apparently been planted in the women's enclosure of the mosque, which had drawn thousands of people for an annual gathering. Police suspect the attack is part of the long-running sectarian conflict between extremists groups of the majority Sunni and minority Shia communities.

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