At least 79 people including school children died in a bomb attack carried out by extremists from Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority, in Quetta. A spokesman for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni group, has ... more 

At least 79 people including school children died in a bomb attack carried out by extremists from Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority, in Quetta. A spokesman for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni group, has claimed responsibility for the bomb, which caused casualties in the town's main bazaar, a school and a computer centre. Police said most of the victims were Shi'ites. Burned school bags and books were strewn around. Police in Quetta said the explosion was caused by an IED fitted to a motorcycle. less