Karachi Cleric Is Slain; Hundreds of Shiites Riot
From Times Wire Reports
A suicide bomber killed a prominent Shiite Muslim cleric and his bodyguard outside the cleric’s home in Karachi, Pakistan, triggering a riot.
The cleric, Allama Hassan Turabi, died of his injuries at a hospital. Hundreds of Shiite youths set fire to a state-owned gas station and damaged a bank and some shops, said a local police chief, Tahir Naveed.
Pakistan is no stranger to attacks on religious sites and leaders, which are blamed on Sunni and Shiite extremists. The attacks often lead to rioting.
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