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| What is the Crime of Shia Children? Why they are killed? |
Seven Shias, including four children, were killed on Saturday after
the Taliban in Pakistan targeted their procession in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province. According to local police, a remote-controlled
bomb detonated close to Dera Ismail Khan during the Shia march to
commemorate the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain.
The
attack, that left seven dead and thirty injured, was a blow to
Pakistani police who claimed to be heightening security across the
country after a suicide bomb on Thursday, also targeting Shias, killed
23 people in Rawalpindi.
Despite authorities suspending mobile
phone services in most major cities, yesterday's bombing still went
ahead. “The government can make whatever security arrangements it wants
but it cannot stop our attacks,” Taliban spokesperson, Ehsanullah Ehsan,
told AFP today.
Sectarian attacks in Sunni-dominated Pakistan are
not uncommon and although Sunnis also revere Imam Hussein, some
hardliners believe that publicly mourning him should be outlawed.
Local police chief, Khalid Suhail, told reporters that the dead children
were aged between six and 11 years. “They were young boys,” he said.
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