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  • Over 50 killed in suicide attack, protesters firing in Quetta

    Published on September 3, 2010

    The driver of a TV channel was killed while seven reporters and cameramen of various channels were among the injured.
    People screamed in panic and ran helter-skelter after the blast.
    Several men cowered in fear and tried to hide behind cars and motorcycles.
    Armed youths who were part of the procession started firing after the blast.
    Many persons sustained bullet injuries, officials said.
    The procession was organised by the Imamia Students’ Organisation to mark al-Quds Day and express solidarity with the people of Palestine.
    No group claimed responsibility for the suicide attack.
    Balochistan police chief Malik Iqbal confirmed the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.
    He said police had asked the organisers of the rally to change the route due to fears of a terrorist attack.
    Witnesses said the powerful blast was heard from several kilometres away.
    They said they had seen blood and body parts at the site of the explosion.
    A mob set on fire several shops, buildings and cars near the site of the blast.
    Thick black smoke rose over the area as people rushed the injured to hospitals in private vehicles.
    The explosion caused widespread tension across Quetta, which has been affected by ethnic and sectarian tensions over the past few months.
    People rushed home as markets across the city closed down.
    Shia Muslims organise rallies across Pakistan on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.
    Today’s attacks were the latest in a wave of assaults targeting religious minorities.
    Nearly 40 people were killed when two suicide bombers targeted a Shia procession in Lahore on Wednesday.

    The driver of a TV channel was killed while seven reporters and cameramen of various channels were among the injured.
    People screamed in panic and ran helter-skelter after the blast.
    Several men cowered in fear and tried to hide behind cars and motorcycles.
    Armed youths who were part of the procession started firing after the blast.
    Many persons sustained bullet injuries, officials said.
    The procession was organised by the Imamia Students’ Organisation to mark al-Quds Day and express solidarity with the people of Palestine.
    No group claimed responsibility for the suicide attack.
    Balochistan police chief Malik Iqbal confirmed the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.
    He said police had asked the organisers of the rally to change the route due to fears of a terrorist attack.
    Witnesses said the powerful blast was heard from several kilometres away.
    They said they had seen blood and body parts at the site of the explosion.
    A mob set on fire several shops, buildings and cars near the site of the blast.
    Thick black smoke rose over the area as people rushed the injured to hospitals in private vehicles.
    The explosion caused widespread tension across Quetta, which has been affected by ethnic and sectarian tensions over the past few months.
    People rushed home as markets across the city closed down.
    Shia Muslims organise rallies across Pakistan on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.
    Today’s attacks were the latest in a wave of assaults targeting religious minorities.
    Nearly 40 people were killed when two suicide bombers targeted a Shia procession in Lahore on Wednesday.

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