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| 2004-03-02 |
| At least eight people were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a parade by Shia Muslims observing their holiest day in Pakistan. The attack came as Shia Muslims were holding the traditional Muharram procession to mark the slaying of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. Shots were fired into the procession while thousands of Shia Muslims marked the holy day of Ashura in Quetta, the capital of southwest Baluchistan province earlier this morning. It is not clear at this stage if the attack in Pakistan are linked to those in Iraq where Shias Muslims were similarly targeted leading to the deaths of over 100 people. "At least eight people have been killed and scores of people injured in firing on a procession," said Shoaib Suddle, the police chief of Baluchistan province. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #2 Left unsaid in all this is the universal belief that the JEWS are behind this dastardly deed. With U.S help, of course. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-2 11:53:10 AM |
| #1 Update: Armed men opened fire on Shiite Muslim worshippers during a religious procession in a city in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 150 others, authorities told The Associated Press. The city mayor declared an immediate curfew. Officials reported an explosion and gunfire in a congested area of Quetta, the main city in southwest Baluchistan province, as a procession of hundreds of Shiite Muslims marking Ashoura, the most important day in the Muslim holy month of Muharram, passed by. Soon after, a Sunni Muslim mosque, a television network office and several shops were set afire as Shiites rioted in parts of the city, and an exchange of gunfire took place near the scene of the initial attack, police said. Mohammed Wasim, a doctor at the Central Government Hospital in Quetta, said the facility had received 19 bodies. The Combined Military Hospital reported 22 bodies were brought in since the attack early Tuesday afternoon. Qamar Zaman, an assistant police inspector in Quetta, said that more than 150 people had been injured, some of them critically. And a fun time was had by all. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-2 10:53:55 AM |