5 people have been killed and more than 80 have been injured in a bomb blast that occurred around 10.30 a.m. in Chogla area of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Sunday.
Police said that the bomb was placed inside a closed bicycle repair shop and was detonated with a remote controlled device.
At least 12 shops and houses were destroyed in the blast. Bomb disposal squad officers said an estimated five to 10 kg of explosives were used in causing the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
2 blasts have occurred in two days in the city. On Saturday, a blast near a Muharram procession claimed lives of 8 people.
Shias on Sunday observed Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram, which marks the death anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussain Ibn-e-Ali.
Muharram is considered a sensitive period in Pakistan, and many attacks on Shias by extremist Sunnis during Muharram have been reported in the past.
(with inputs from IANS)
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