Ethnic Hazara women in the Pakistani city of Quetta are refusing to bury the bodies of scores of people killed by a huge bomb in a Shia commercial area.
Shia Muslim Hazaras are furious at what they see as a lack of protection from local and national forces, in the face of repeated attacks.
Saturday's bomb ripped through a busy market district, killing at least 84 and injuring some 169 people.
The huge attack - the second this year - was carried out by Sunni militants.
As many as 4,000 women began a sit-in in Quetta, in south-west Pakistan, on Sunday evening. Full story...
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Shia Muslim Hazaras are furious at what they see as a lack of protection from local and national forces, in the face of repeated attacks.
Saturday's bomb ripped through a busy market district, killing at least 84 and injuring some 169 people.
The huge attack - the second this year - was carried out by Sunni militants.
As many as 4,000 women began a sit-in in Quetta, in south-west Pakistan, on Sunday evening. Full story...
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