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2004 Quetta Ashura massacre

Field	Value
title	2004 Quetta Ashura massacre
image	Pakistan - Balochistan - Quetta.svg
location	Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
date
type	Hand grenades, Shooting and Rockets
fatalities	49
injuries	at least 100

The 2004 Quetta Ashura massacre was a terrorist attack on 2 March 2004 during an Ashura procession in the southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan. At least 42 people were killed and more than 100 wounded.

People going for wudu to recite prayers heard gunshots and the noha khwuan in the truck shouted that the people who were going for wudu should run for their lives.

In those days Ashura had no security. The attack took place in Liaqat Bazaar. Almost all of the victims were Hazara. The incident occurred just after the Karbala Ashura bombings in Iraq.

Background

Shia Muslim processions are held throughout the world to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain Ibn Ali on the Day of Ashura. Like other parts of Pakistan, Quetta has Shia Muslims who mainly belong to Hazara community. In Quetta, the Ashura procession starts from Alamdar Road, where the Imambargahs gather from around the city mainly from Hazara Town. The procession moves to Mezan Chowk, where prayers are offered, Matam is performed. The process moves to Liaqat Bazaar and ends on Alamdar Road.

Massacre

The Ashura procession was on its traditional route. When it reached the main Bazaar, three terrorists on the roof of a building threw grenades on the participants, followed by firing with automatic weapons before they blew themselves up, which left around 50 people dead and more than 100 injured.

Perpetrators

The police identified the assailants bodies after DNA tests and investigations. They belonged to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a banned Pakistani terrorist group. The police arrested a police constable who allegedly allowed the terrorists to use his house to plan the attack.

Reactions

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned the attacks.

The, Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Abdulwahed Belkeziz said

The Embassy of Japan in Islamabad issued a press release

Interior Minister of Pakistan, Faisal Saleh Hayat condemned the attack and said

References

(2 March 2004). "South Asia | Carnage in Pakistan Shia attack". [[BBC News]].
Global Terrorism, By: Leonard Weinberg. p 213. Published 2009 by The Rosen Publishing Group Inc. NY
(3 March 2004). "South Asia | Pakistan probes assault on Shias". BBC News.
(17 May 2004). "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". [[Daily Times (Pakistan).
(4 March 2004). "Ashura day attacks condemned world wide". [[Dawn (newspaper).

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