(NSI News Source Info) MULTAN, Pakistan - April 3, 2011: An emergency official says the death toll from a pair of suicide bombings at a shrine in Pakistan has risen to 30.
Thousands of people were visiting the shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan district in Punjab when the bombers struck Sunday.
Emergency coordinator Natiq Hayat says 30 people have been killed and 100 wounded.
Militants believe visiting shrines is against the spirit of Islam and have carried out such attacks in the recent past.
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