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Kin of Pakistan blast victims stage protest demanding justice

Hundreds protesters from Pakistan's Shiite Hazara community held a protest in Quetta after a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in the southwestern city on Friday. Some blocked roads and burned tyres demanding justice.

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Published : Apr 13, 2019, 4:56 PM IST

Quetta: Hundreds of people from Pakistan's Shiite Hazara community held a protest in Quetta on Saturday, after a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in the southwestern city the day before.

Kin of blast victims stage protest

Some blocked roads and burned tyres while some thers sit-in a protest demanding justice.

"We are tired of burying our people," said protester Nasar Ahmed.

Friday's bombing in an open-air market near a Shiite residential area wounded dozens of others, police and hospital officials said.

A senior police chief said people from the (Shiite) Hazara community appeared to be the target.

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Mir Ziaullah Langau, the provincial home minister, said the suicide bomber had walked up to the marketplace and killed both Shiites and Sunnis.

Quetta: Hundreds of people from Pakistan's Shiite Hazara community held a protest in Quetta on Saturday, after a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in the southwestern city the day before.

Kin of blast victims stage protest

Some blocked roads and burned tyres while some thers sit-in a protest demanding justice.

"We are tired of burying our people," said protester Nasar Ahmed.

Friday's bombing in an open-air market near a Shiite residential area wounded dozens of others, police and hospital officials said.

A senior police chief said people from the (Shiite) Hazara community appeared to be the target.

Also Read: Syria accuses Israel of carrying out airstrike

Mir Ziaullah Langau, the provincial home minister, said the suicide bomber had walked up to the marketplace and killed both Shiites and Sunnis.

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