Mastung attack: Cries and carnage

Agencies Published January 22, 2014
Pakistani Shiite Muslims mourn beside coffins, bearing the remains of those killed in an overnight bombing. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani Shiite Muslims mourn beside coffins, bearing the remains of those killed in an overnight bombing. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit beside coffins, bearing the remains of those killed in an overnight bombing, during a protest in Quetta on January 22, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit beside coffins, bearing the remains of those killed in an overnight bombing, during a protest in Quetta on January 22, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani man, grieves next to the body of a relative, who was killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. – Photo by AP
A Pakistani man, grieves next to the body of a relative, who was killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. – Photo by AP
Pakistani Shiite Muslim mourners chant slogans as they gather at burning tyres near the coffins of victims of an overnight bombing of a bus, during a protest in Quetta on January 22, 2014. –Photo by AFP
Pakistani Shiite Muslim mourners chant slogans as they gather at burning tyres near the coffins of victims of an overnight bombing of a bus, during a protest in Quetta on January 22, 2014. –Photo by AFP
A Shi'ite Muslim man holds a picture of his relative as he sits beside the covered bodies of other victims who were killed in Tuesday's night bomb attack on a bus, during a protest in the provincial capital of Quetta January 22, 2014. – Photo by Reuters
A Shi'ite Muslim man holds a picture of his relative as he sits beside the covered bodies of other victims who were killed in Tuesday's night bomb attack on a bus, during a protest in the provincial capital of Quetta January 22, 2014. – Photo by Reuters
Relatives and mourners of Shiite pilgrims who were killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, protest sitting next to their bodies, in Quetta, Pakistan. – Photo by AP
Relatives and mourners of Shiite pilgrims who were killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, protest sitting next to their bodies, in Quetta, Pakistan. – Photo by AP
Shi'ite Muslims shout slogans as they sit beside the covered bodies of those who were killed in Tuesday night's bomb attack on a bus, during a protest in the provincial capital of Quetta. – Photo by Reuters
Shi'ite Muslims shout slogans as they sit beside the covered bodies of those who were killed in Tuesday night's bomb attack on a bus, during a protest in the provincial capital of Quetta. – Photo by Reuters
Shi'ite Muslims sit beside the covered bodies of victims who were killed in Tuesday night's bomb attack on a bus, during a protest in the provincial capital of Quetta. – Photo by Reuters
Shi'ite Muslims sit beside the covered bodies of victims who were killed in Tuesday night's bomb attack on a bus, during a protest in the provincial capital of Quetta. – Photo by Reuters

At least 29 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday when a powerful explosion ripped through a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan's militancy-hit Mastung district. Many of them women and children.

On Wednesday, hundreds of Shia protested against the bus bombing by sitting in the road alongside the bodies of the dead in Quetta.

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benz1
Jan 23, 2014 10:43am
I am lost for words and my heart is heavy with grief at the tragedy of these people I proudly call my own! may a single drop of the innocent Hazara blood not go unaccounted for and bring divine wrath on the coward loathsome terrorists!
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benz1
Jan 23, 2014 10:44am
I am lost for words and my heart is heavy with grief at the tragedy of these people I proudly call my own! may a single drop of the innocent Hazara blood not go unaccounted for and bring divine wrath on the coward loathsome terrorists!
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