Karachi police say gunmen kill 43 on bus carrying Shias

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At least 43 people have been killed and 20 injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying Ismaili Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police say.

A police official said six gunmen on motorcycles, appearing to be from a banned extremist group, stopped the bus and fired indiscriminately.

The bus carrying about 60 was going to an Ismaili Shia place of worship.

Pakistan's Shia minority are the target of frequent sectarian attacks from Sunni militant groups.

No group has yet said it carried out the attack.

Provincial police chief Ghulam Haider Jamali said the attack appeared to be the work of the same group involved in recent drive-by shootings of senior police officials in Karachi.

The bus was on its way to an Ismaili Shia Muslim place of worship, police said
He said the bus was on its way to an Ismaili Shia Muslim place of worship when gunmen boarded it in the Safoora Goth area of Karachi and fired at those on board.

The attackers are said to have escaped easily.

The Taliban and other Sunni Muslim extremist groups have targeted Shia Muslims in Pakistan in the past.

In the last few months, several mosques belonging to religious minorities have been bombed.

Pakistan is about 20% Shia and 70% Sunni. Ismaili Shias, in common with other Shia Muslims revere Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed.

Karachi police say gunmen kill 43 on bus carrying Shias - BBC News

 

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This is kinda insane, after trying hard for ethnic spread, sectarian Prob. also being created,But Karachites easily came out as they lived together their.. But attacking Bohris, then now Aga khanis(Ismailis) most of the Business Class.. what is these terrorists or external hands want to do,, except creating anarchy and nuisance in the Business heart or Hub of Pakistan.. that is already doomed from the start of Zardari's government,, and now continued in Nawaz's government also... what's ur say???