Shiite Funeral Erupts Into Riot; About 15,000 Gathers to Honor Bombing Victims

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › October 03, 2004

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SIALKOT, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of minority Shiite Muslims rampaged through an eastern Pakistan city Saturday in a riot sparked by a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 31 people.

Rioters set fire to a police station and the mayor's office in Sialkot, destroyed several motorcycles and attacked a court. Firefighters rushed to the scene, while troops tried to restore order.

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Shiite Funeral Erupts Into Riot; About 15,000 Gathers to Honor Bombing Victims

"The army is handing the situation, but violence is still going on," said...

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