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2003 July - Pakistan, City of Quetta: attackers armed with machine guns and grenades stormed a Shia mosque; at least 50 people died. 2004 March 2nd - Pakistan, City of Quetta: a grenade and shooting attack on a procession of Shia Muslims in the city's shopping district; the crowd was commemorating the holy day of Ashura, the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad who was killed at Karbala by army of Caliph Yazid in the year 680 A.C.; 43 people (including at least 5 police officers) died. Homes, businesses , cars and a mosque used by Sunni Muslims were torched by rioters following the attack. Pakistan has a history of clashes between radical groups among its Shia minority and majority Sunnis. About 97% of Pakistan's population is Muslim, and Sunnis outnumber Shias by a ratio of about four-to-one. |
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