Violence at Pakistan Funeral

World | February 23, 2003, Sunday // 00:00

Mourners have attacked businesses in the Pakistani port city of Karachi during a funeral for victims of Saturday's mosque massacre. Banks, shops and petrol stations were stoned as emotions boiled over among those grieving for nine members of the minority Shia Muslim community who were gunned down. No group has claimed the killings but extremists from the majority Sunni Muslim faith are suspected. Several other people were injured when at least three gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at the entrance of the Imam Bargha as worshippers were arriving for evening prayers.

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