Pakistan's biggest city of
Karachi was brought to a
standstill Thursday following the
massacre of 44 mi**rity
Shiite Ismaili Muslims in the first attack officially
claimed by the Islamic State group in the country. Hundreds of distraught relatives lined the streets around a cemetery in the city's eastern Safoora Goth area passing the coffins of the men and women who were killed on Wednesday when up to six gunmen stormed a bus and shot them in the head and upper body.
Karachi police chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo told AFP the police had rounded up several suspects and most of them were the members of banned militant outfits. Wednesday's attack was the first in the country officially
claimed by the Islamic State group, which controls swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.
أكثر...