Death Toll in Pakistan Bombing Rises to 56 (AP)


A Pakistani boy looks at a burning petrol station set on fire by angry protestors after a bomb explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 11, 2006. A powerful bomb exploded during an Islamic prayer service in a park in this southern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, the interior minister said. Dozens more were wounded. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - Security forces blocked main roads and shut schools Wednesday in Pakistan's largest city to prevent riots by students as mass funerals were held for many of the 56 people killed by a suicide bomber at a Sunni Muslim prayer service.


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