Pakistan church blast kills dozens
BBC News online -- 22 September 2013
Islamists have been blamed for attacks on Christians in the past
A bomb blast outside a
church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 60 people
and injured more than 100 others, officials say.
The victims were said to include women and children.
Islamist militants have been blamed for previous attacks on Pakistan's Christians, who make up about 1.6% of the country's mainly Muslim population.
Witnesses said they heard two blasts, the second more powerful than the first.
About 500 to 600 people were believed to have been inside the church at the time.
Grieving relatives have gathered to identify their relatives.
Many in Pakistan's Christian minority are angry at the country's failure to tackle militancy and extremism, which has claimed thousands of lives within the past decade, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi.
Labels: Atrocities, Christianity, Islamism, Pakistan
posted by Pieface @ Sunday, September 22, 2013
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