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Gunmen kill 11 Shiite Muslims in SW Pakistan

AP

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 people in what appeared to be a sectarian attack, police said.

Two people were also wounded in the ambush in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, senior police official Hamid Shakeel said. The dead included one woman and two children.

Shakeel said the victims were heading to the nearby town of Hazara when the four gunmen ambushed the minibus before fleeing.

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