'Like the world was ending': Taliban attack kills 23

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T. Mughal / EPAPeople react at the site of a suicide bomb attack targeting a Shiite Muslim mourning procession in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday.By The Associated PressUpdated at 7:29 a.m. ET: A Taliban suicide bomber struck a procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims during the sect's holiest month of the year, officials said Thursday.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld The bomber attacked the procession around midnight Wednesday in the city of Rawalpindi, said Deeba Shahnaz, a state rescue official.

At least 62 people were wounded by the blast, including six police officers. Eight of the dead and wounded were children, Shahnaz said.Slideshow: Pakistan: A nation in turmoilMuhammed Muheisen / APImages of daily life, political pursuits, religious rites and deadly violence.Launch slideshowPolice tried to stop and search the bomber as he attempted to join the procession, but he ran past them and detonated his explosives, senior police official Haseeb Shah said. The attacker was also carrying grenades, some of which exploded, Shah said.

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