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Car bomb kills 20 in Pakistan’s Quetta

Police official says bomb part of escalation of sectarian attacks by hardline Sunni extremists

A file photo of the scene of a bomb explosion in Quetta on 10 January. Photo: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters (Naseer Ahmed/Reuters)Premium
A file photo of the scene of a bomb explosion in Quetta on 10 January. Photo: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters
(Naseer Ahmed/Reuters)

Quetta: A bomb killed at least 20 people in a Shi’ite Muslim area of the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday in what a police official said was part of an escalation of sectarian attacks by hardline Sunni extremists.

Officials said most of the dead were from Pakistan’s Shi’ite minority, which has been demanding protection from the government after attacks by militant groups led by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).

“The explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device fitted to a motorcyle," said Wazir Khan Nasir, deputy inspector-general of police in Quetta. He said 50 people were wounded.

“This is a continuation of terrorism against Shi’ites."

More than 400 Shi’ite were killed in Pakistan last year, many by hitmen or bombs, and the perpetrators are almost never caught.

Last month, LeJ claimed responsibility for a bombing in Quetta that killed nearly 100 people, one of Pakistan’s worst sectarian attacks. Reuters

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Published: 16 Feb 2013, 08:51 PM IST
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