LAHORE, Pakistan - A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 23 others, police said. Officials said it was not clear if the target was the shrine itself, known as Data Darbar, or police outside guarding it. Hundreds of pilgrims were inside and outside the shrine, where a local Sufi saint is buried, when the blast took place. Sufism refers to a mystical strain of Islam that often involves reverence for local holy figures and shrines. Sunni extremists...
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