Shia Genocide Events
Quetta, February 3, 2004: 48 Shias Killed, 140 Injured in Ashura Procession Suicide Attacks
Date : February 3, 2004
Location : Quetta
Narrative of the Event
On February 3, 2004, forty-eight people were killed, more than 160 injured, and over 150 shops and commercial establishments, as well as three houses, were torched in terrorist attacks and subsequent acts of arson and rioting.
The tragic incident took place on Liaquat Bazaar when the main Ashura procession moved towards Junction Chowk at around 1:10 p.m. after a short stay at Meezan Chowk.
Witnesses said terrorists first hurled at least two hand grenades and then opened indiscriminate fire at mourners from a vantage point on the first floor of a roadside building called Bano Market.
Some people from the procession rushed to Bano Market and tried to capture the terrorists, but they blew themselves up. “Many people died when the terrorists detonated bombs hidden under their clothes,” a security official who was present in the area said.
Sources:
1-https://www.geocities.ws/sipahisahaba/2004/02032004.htm
2-Daily Dawn Karachi, February 4, 2004
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