updated 3/3/2013 1:14:48 PM ET 2013-03-03T18:14:48

KARACHI (Reuters) - The death toll from a suspected suicide bombing in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi on Sunday has risen to 45, a senior city official said.

Hashim Raza also said 149 people were wounded in the attack outside a Shi'ite mosque, the latest signal that Sunni groups are escalating sectarian bombings against the minority.

(Reporting by Imtiaz Shah; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

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