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Gunmen Attack Shiite Muslims in Southwest Pakistan

October 4th, 2011 by RFE/RL RFE/RL
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Gunmen Attack Shiite Muslims in Southwest Pakistan
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The Hazara members were travelling by bus before the shooting attack occurred in Quetta.
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The site of the gun attack against the Hazara community members.
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A man lies on the ground in a hospital being checked by a doctor.
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  • Gunmen Attack Shiite Muslims in Southwest Pakistan
  • Gunmen Attack Shiite Muslims in Southwest Pakistan
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At least twelve Hazara community members, and (a Shi'ite Muslim ethnic minority) are gunned down in Pakistan's southern city of Quetta, 4th October 2011

The attack took place on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluchistan Province, and followed what is becoming a grim pattern of sectarian attacks in the region.

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