India and Pakistan hold Wagah border ritual despite attack

India and Pakistan have held a daily military ceremony at their only land border crossing, a day after a suicide attack which killed dozens, the BBC reported.

The two countries pressed ahead with the ritual at Wagah, despite earlier plans to suspend the ceremony.

The bomb exploded near the checkpoint on the Pakistani side, killing at least 55 people and injuring many more.

Funerals of those who died have been taking place across the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab.

It would have been the first time the ritual had been called off since the two countries fought a war in 1971.

A number of militant groups said they carried out the attack.

The Jundullah militant group and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of the Pakistani Taliban were among those who said they carried it out. Sunday's attack is the deadliest to hit Pakistan in many months.