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.
05-15-2015, 10:20 AM
Karachi at standstill after Shiite massacre claimed by IS
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.
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