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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Pakistan Karachi bomb blast kills dozens

The Religion of Peace is at it again. Murder for Allah. How quaint. Again. Still.

At least 45 people have been killed by a bomb explosion in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police say.
The blast in the mainly Shia Muslim area of Abbas Town destroyed several buildings and set others on fire. Some reports spoke of a second explosion. No group has yet said it planted the bomb, which went off near a mosque as worshippers left evening prayers. Pakistan's Shia minority are the target of frequent sectarian attacks from Sunni militant groups.
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Around 150 people were wounded by the explosion, officials said.
"I was watching television when I heard an explosion and my flat was badly shaken," Karachi resident Mariam Bibi told Reuters news agency. "I saw people burning to death and crying with pain. I saw children lying in pools of their own blood and women running around shouting for their children and loved ones." she added.
Sectarian divide
Pakistan's main political and religious leaders rushed to condemn the attack - the latest to target the Shia minority. Nearly 200 people were killed in two separate bombings targeting the Shia community in the south-western city of Quetta in January and February. Some relatives of the victims there initially refused to bury their dead in protest at what they said was the failure of the authorities to protect their community from attack. No group has yet admitted to carrying out the Karachi bombing, but correspondents say suspicion is likely to fall on Sunni militant groups.
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Some activists called 2012 the worst year in living memory for attacks on Pakistan's Shia community. But already this year bombings in the south-western of Quetta alone have killed nearly 200 people.

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