Victims of Pakistan bomb attack mourned

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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.

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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Naseer Ahmed / ReutersA man prepares graves for the burial of victims.Naseer Ahmed / ReutersA girl cries during the funeral for victims of Saturday's bomb attack.Musa Farman / EPAA Pakistani paramilitary soldier inspects the belongings of a boy at the scene.Yslb Pak / Zuma PressFire rages from destroyed buildings Feb. 16 at the site of the attack.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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[Folami David]

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