Pakistan Shiite bomb toll hits 126
- Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 12.45
- Online news: Asia
Extremist bomb attacks killed 126 people in one of Pakistan's deadliest days for years, raising concerns Friday about rising violence in the nuclear-armed country ahead of general elections.
Pakistani journalists protest against the killing of media people in bomb attacks in Quetta, at a protest in Karachi on January 11, 2013. Extremist bomb attacks killed 126 people in one of Pakistan's deadliest days for years, raising concerns about rising violence in the nuclear-armed country ahead of general elections.
Two suicide bombers killed 92 people and wounded 121 after they targeted a crowded snooker club in the southwestern city of Quetta Thursday, in an area dominated by Shiite Muslims from the Hazara ethnic minority.
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