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Pakistanis protest rising violence against Shia Muslims

Pakistani people of Hazara community shout slogans in a protest in Quetta on July 24, 2016, a day after bombings exploded through a crowd of Shiite Hazara protesters in Afghanistan. (AFP)

Muhammad Toori
Press TV, Karachi

A protest has been held in the Pakistani city of Karachi over a new surge in violence against Shia Muslims. The attacks have risen with the start of the mourning month of Muharram. Five Shia mourners including four women have been gunned down and three others wounded in separate targeted killing incidents in Quetta and Karachi.


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