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07-30-11, 08:15 AM
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The van was sprayed with bullets
Gunmen opened fire on a van in the city of Quetta, south-west Pakistan, killing 11 Shia Muslims in a suspected sectarian attack, police say.
Three other people were wounded.
The attack comes a day after gunmen killed seven Shia pilgrims at a bus stop in the city centre.
Angered by the attacks, locals from the Shia community burnt cars and offices in Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
Police stepped up patrols in the area.
Correspondents say the attack will add to the growing sense of insecurity among Pakistan's minority Shia community.
Brazen attack
The group was travelling in a packed passenger van near the outskirts of Quetta when gunmen sprayed it with bullets.
"Unidentified gunmen riding [a motorbike] opened fire at a Suzuki van carrying a group of people on their way to the main city from Hazara town," said Balochistan's police chief, Rao Amin Hashim.
Seven people were killed on the spot and four others died on the way to hospital, he added. One woman was among the dead.
The gunmen managed to escape.
There has been a notable increase in sectarian violence across Pakistan in recent years.
Islamist freed
The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Pakistan's deadliest militant group, has said it was behind Saturday's attack.
The group has strong ties to al-Qaeda and has carried out high profile attacks against US diplomats and Pakistan military targets in the country, the BBC's Shoaib Hasan reports from Karachi, on the border of Balochistan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14352164
Note: 30 July 2011 Last updated at 11:26 GMT
The van was sprayed with bullets
Gunmen opened fire on a van in the city of Quetta, south-west Pakistan, killing 11 Shia Muslims in a suspected sectarian attack, police say.
Three other people were wounded.
The attack comes a day after gunmen killed seven Shia pilgrims at a bus stop in the city centre.
Angered by the attacks, locals from the Shia community burnt cars and offices in Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
Police stepped up patrols in the area.
Correspondents say the attack will add to the growing sense of insecurity among Pakistan's minority Shia community.
Brazen attack
The group was travelling in a packed passenger van near the outskirts of Quetta when gunmen sprayed it with bullets.
"Unidentified gunmen riding [a motorbike] opened fire at a Suzuki van carrying a group of people on their way to the main city from Hazara town," said Balochistan's police chief, Rao Amin Hashim.
Seven people were killed on the spot and four others died on the way to hospital, he added. One woman was among the dead.
The gunmen managed to escape.
There has been a notable increase in sectarian violence across Pakistan in recent years.
Islamist freed
The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Pakistan's deadliest militant group, has said it was behind Saturday's attack.
The group has strong ties to al-Qaeda and has carried out high profile attacks against US diplomats and Pakistan military targets in the country, the BBC's Shoaib Hasan reports from Karachi, on the border of Balochistan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14352164
Note: 30 July 2011 Last updated at 11:26 GMT