43 Shiites killed as gunmen attack bus in Karachi

by French Press Agency - AFP

KARACHI Asia Pacific

May 14, 2015 12:00 am GMT+3

by French Press Agency - AFP

May 14, 2015 12:00 am

At least 43 members of Pakistan's Shiite Ismaili minority were killed when gunmen opened fire on their bus in Karachi on Wednesday, police said, with a leaflet at the scene claiming the attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. It was the second deadliest militant attack in Pakistan this year after 62 Shiites were killed in a suicide bombing in late January. Pakistan has seen a rising tide of sectarian violence in recent years, particularly against Shiites, who make up around 20 percent of the country's predominantly Muslim population of 200 million.

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