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Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44
AP ^ | 9/3/2010 | ABDUL SATTAR and RIAZ KHAN

Posted on 09/03/2010 7:12:23 AM PDT by markomalley

Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.

A blast killed at least 43 people in the southwestern city of Quetta at a Shiite procession calling for solidarity with Palestinians, Police Chief Ghulam Shabir Sheikh said. He said 78 people were wounded and several were in critical condition.

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