(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130217-quetta-cannon3.photoblog600.jpg)Arshad Butt / APPakistani relatives of Saturday's bombing victims mourn next to the bodies in a mosque in Quetta, Pakistan, Feb. 17. Angry residents demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs.Dozens of people including schoolchildren were killed Saturday in a bomb attack carried out by extremists from Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority, police said. (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/16/16985512-market-bomb-attack-kills-dozens-in-pakistan?lite)
A spokesman for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni group, claimed responsibility for the bomb, which caused casualties in Quetta's main bazaar, a school and a computer center. Police said most of the victims were Shiites.
-- By Gul Yousufzai, Reuters
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(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130217-quetta-cannon2.photoblog600.jpg)Naseer Ahmed / ReutersA man prepares graves for the burial of victims.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130217-quetta-cannon1.photoblog600.jpg)Naseer Ahmed / ReutersA girl cries during the funeral for victims of Saturday's bomb attack.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130217-quetta-cannon6.photoblog600.jpg)Musa Farman / EPAA Pakistani paramilitary soldier inspects the belongings of a boy at the scene.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130217-quetta-cannon4.photoblog600.jpg)Yslb Pak / Zuma PressFire rages from destroyed buildings Feb. 16 at the site of the attack.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130217-quetta-cannon5.photoblog600.jpg)Naseer Ahmed / ReutersSmoke rises in a Shiite Muslim area after the attack Feb. 16.Sixty-four people including schoolchildren died Saturday in a bomb attack carried out by extremists from Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
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Pakisan are just so used to bomb. It's like they love to use it there. So many bomb explosion news come from that side