Gunmen kill 43 in bus attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan
- 8 years ago
Forty-three members of the Ismaili Shia community were killed and 13 others injured when gunmen targeted their bus in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks on the country's minorities.
Around six to eight gunmen armed with 9mm pistols boarded the bus near Safoora Chowk area of Karachi and fired indiscriminately. The gunmen escaped after the attack on motorcycles.
Sixty people were in the bus, which was on its way to a place of worship for Ismaili Shias when the gunmen boarded it in a relatively deserted area on the outskirts of Karachi and sprayed the passengers with bullets.
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Around six to eight gunmen armed with 9mm pistols boarded the bus near Safoora Chowk area of Karachi and fired indiscriminately. The gunmen escaped after the attack on motorcycles.
Sixty people were in the bus, which was on its way to a place of worship for Ismaili Shias when the gunmen boarded it in a relatively deserted area on the outskirts of Karachi and sprayed the passengers with bullets.
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