Gunmen kill 45 Shiite Muslims riding on a bus in Pakistan

[Bosonic]

Last edited Wed May 13, 2015, 09:36 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: AP

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a bus in southern Pakistan and ordered its Shiite Muslim passengers to bow their heads before shooting them, killing at least 45 people in the latest attack targeting religious minority, officials said.

Who carried out the attack in the port city of Karachi wasn't immediately clear, as a Pakistani Taliban splinter group and an Islamic State affiliate both claimed the attack. However, some Taliban fighters have pledged their allegiance in recent months to the extremist group that now holds a third of Iraq and Syria in its self-declared caliphate.

"These are the people who are extremists, who are terrorists," provincial police chief Ghulam Haider Jamali said of the assailants. "These are the same people who have been doing terrorism before."

The bus was in a relatively deserted area on the outskirts of the city en route to a community center for a daily worship service for Ismaili Shiite Muslims when six gunmen boarded it, Jamali said. Investigator Khadim Hussain said the attackers ordered the passengers to bow their heads and not look up before opening fire at close range.

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[tish123]

1. Sad for the departed souls

Sad for the departed souls and their families.However, the reality remains that what we sow the same we reap.Too much of religion and politics screws everything in the society

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Update at link on claim of responsibility:

A splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban called Jundullah, or Army of God, claimed responsibility for the attack. A man purporting to be a spokesman for the group called The Associated Press from an undisclosed location and said "infidels were the target." The purported spokesman, Ahmad Marwat, has conveyed similar claims in the past.

[cosmicone]

3. Life as usual in Pakistan: The Cesspool of Terrorism n/t

[samsingh]

4. yes. i thought islam was against killing innocent people.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. Islam is against killing innocent people. Some assholes acting in its name are not.

[cosmicone]

7. It is not just a few assholes

It is a whole lot of assholes, rulers, religious leaders and organizations hell bent on and/or actively pursuing terrorism very proudly. This while an even larger number tacitly approving or quietly defending the practice as "they wouldn't be terrorists but for Western actions" or "Christians do it too" or "oh it is only a handful."

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. I like bacon

So I am not innocent.

In some eyes.

[cosmicone]

8. Bacon lovers should never visit Pakistan

unless they are wearing an "I hate bacon" T-shirt.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. That will not be on my bucket list

or maybe it's the very last item on the list.