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At Least 84 Killed in Quetta Bombing Targeting Pakistan’s Shi’ites -- News from Antiwar.com

At Least 84 Killed in Quetta Bombing Targeting Pakistan’s Shi’ites -- News from Antiwar.com
Yet another major suicide bombing hit Pakistan’s Shi’ite community over the weekend, when a suicide bombing targeted a busy marketplace in the Balochistan capital of Quetta, killing at least 84 people and wounding 173 others.

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