11 February 2012, 02:29 (GMT+04:00)

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Blast in Pakistan-administered Kashmir kills five

A suspected suicide bomb attack outside a Shia Muslim mosque in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left five people dead, officials say, BBC reported.

The blast in Muzaffarabad came as Shia Muslims commemorated the mourning festival of Ashura mourning the 7th-Century death of Imam Hussein.

More than a dozen people were reported to have been injured in the blast.

Pakistan's security forces were high alert fearing sectarian clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslims.

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