{"id":2567,"date":"2012-12-30T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2012-12-30T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T08:25:11","slug":"blast-in-southwest-pakistan-kills-shia-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/12\/30\/2567\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast in southwest Pakistan kills Shia pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At least 17 Shia Muslim pilgrims have been killed by a bomb attack on a bus convoy in southwest Pakistan, local officials say.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news2\/quettabusblast.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>More than 20 people have been injured in the incident in the Mastung district of Balochistan province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pakistan has experienced worsening sectarian violence in recent years. Last month 23 Shia Muslims were killed by a bomb in the city of Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No group has yet said it carried out Sunday&#8217;s bombing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Initial reports said it had been detonated by remote control but a government official said it had been a suicide attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The bus convoy had reportedly been on their way to neighbouring Iran, a Shia-majority country and popular pilgrimage destination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: <em><strong>BBC News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 17 Shia Muslim pilgrims have been killed by a bomb attack on a bus convoy in southwest Pakistan, local officials say.More than 20 people have been injured in the incident in the Mastung district of Balochistan province. \u00a0 Pakistan has experienced worsening sectarian violence in recent years. 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