Scores killed in multiple Pakistan bombings

By artappraiser on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:59pm |

Al Jazeera, Jan. 10, 2013

More than 85 people have been killed and scores wounded in a series of multiple attacks across Pakistan.

Bomb explosions and violent deaths rocked Quetta, in the country's southwest; Swat valley in the northwest; and the port city of Karachi on Thursday.

At least 55 people were killed and 150 others wounded in four separate explosions in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. [....]

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Pakistan blasts: Shia refuse to bury Quetta bomb dead
BBC News, 11 Jan

Pakistan's minority Shia community has protested angrily over what it says is a lack of protection in the city of Quetta, a day after almost 100 people died there in a series of blasts.

Leaders of the community have refused to bury the dead until security is improved.

One Shia leader publicly criticised army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani.

Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it carried out the deadliest attack in Quetta on Thursday.

At least 119 people were killed in Quetta and in a separate attack in Mingora in the north-west.

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By Muhammad Zafar, The Express Tribune, Jan 12, 2013

QUETTA: Besieged members of the Shia community appealed to the army on Friday to take control of the provincial capital and shield them from extremist groups as the death toll from Thursday’s twin bombings soared past 100. [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 11:19pm

Dawn, Jan 14:

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:46am

Scores killed in multiple Pakistan bombings

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