Dramatic television images showed what appeared to be the blast caught on camera. STORY HIGHLIGHTS- Ahmadis are targeted in northwest; bomber and a victim killed
- Bombing takes place in Quetta; seven are dead
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Bombings rocked Pakistan on Friday, with a suicide bomber killing a pedestrian in the northwest and a blast killing at least seven others in Quetta.
The blast in the southwestern city of Quetta that killed at least seven people and wounded 40 others occurred during an Al Quds day rally.
Dramatic television images showed what appeared to be the blast caught on camera, followed by heavy gunfire and people dispersing. Images also showed many injured being treated.
Al Quds day is an annual event in the Arab and Muslim world that criticizes Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.
In northwestern Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ahmadi worship place Friday, killing himself and a pedestrian, police said.
The incident occurred in Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Waqif Khan, Mardan police chief, said security guards fired on the suicide bomber when he tried to breach the security barrier of the site. After he was injured, the attacker detonated the explosives.
Four other people were injured in that attack.
Ahmadis, who consider themselves Muslims, are considered heretical and have been persecuted in the Muslim world. Recently, there was fighting between Ahmadis and non-Ahmadi Muslims in Indonesia.
Sunni and Shiites do not consider the Ahmadis part of Islam because they do not regard Mohammed as the last prophet sent by God. As such, they have been targeted by Islamic extremists.
Pakistan's population is largely Sunni Muslim.
Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report.