Sharpshooters on rooftops guarded holy sites Friday after a suspected Sunni extremist blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque, killing 11 people and stoking fears of more attacks.
The strike late Thursday in the northwestern city of Peshawar wounded 25 people, including a prominent Shiite cleric, ahead of this weekend's Ashoura festival, which often is scarred by sectarian violence.
The blast added to tensions in Pakistan as it prepares for the Feb. 18 parliamentary elections that many predict will weaken President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power eight years after he seized control of the nuclear-armed nation in a military coup.
Militants have …
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