At least 38 people are killed in an attack on a funeral in Pakistan

At least 38 people have died and 50 more were wounded in an attackduring the funeral of a police command in the city of Quetta, in western Pakistan, a police source reported. The attack, apparently committed by a suicide bomber, took place near apolice mosque complex beside which was developing the funeral of the agent, who had died in another attack this morning, explained the source to the private channel Dawn. The dead included many members of the security forces Pakistanis, including the deputy inspector general of police in Quetta, Fayaz Sumbal. The victims had gathered to bid farewell to a remote body, Mohibulá officer who had been shot dead by insurgents while on shopping hours before to celebrate the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In Pakistan and many other Muslim countries today marks the first day of Eid ul Fitr, a month of fasting and sacrifice on the part of Muslims. Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, in a statement expressed its "deep sorrow and weighs r "by" innocent "victims of" horrific "attack, and announced that on August 30 the project will be presented end of the new counterterrorism strategy. Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Baluchistan, has seen so far this year in many of the major attacks that have taken place in the troubled Asian country. In Balochistan various armed groups that are cutting-threatening separatist security forces and other state institutions. They also have a presence in the region jihadists Taliban factions and groups with equal tendency to attack and sometimes authorities to take action against sectarian as Shiite religious minorities.