TA-ATTACKS: 39 Killed in Pakistan Car Bombing, page 1

In the latest attack in a wave of sectarian violence, 39 Sunni Pakistanis were killed and 84 wounded after a rally for assasinated Sunni religous leader, Azam Tariq. At the end of the overnight rally in the city of Multan that marked the one year anniversary of Tariq's assasination, a suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into the crowd and then exploded.

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The car exploded after being driven into a crowd of mourners at the overnight rally in the city of Multan to mark the first anniversary of the shooting of extremist Sunni religious leader Azam Tariq.

"It is believed a suicide bomber was at the wheel," Sikander Hayat, district police officer of Multan city, told Reuters.

The rally had concluded and people were dispersing in pre-dawn darkness when the blast ripped through the crowd, he said. "The moment people came out of the ground, a car came and hit them exploding into pieces," he said.

At least 39 people were killed and 84 wounded, said Arif Sial, medical superintendent at Multan's main Nishat Hospital.

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This attack follows a suicide bomber detonating his explosives in a Shi'ite mosque in the eastern city of Sialkot on Oct. 2, killing 30 people.

It is hard to imagine what the unrest may lead to.

[edit on 9-12-2004 by Banshee]