September 2010 Quetta bombing | |
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Location | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 30°22′N 67°01′E / 30.36°N 67.02°E |
Date | 3 September 2010 |
Target | Hazara people, Shiites |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, shootings, arson by angry survivors |
Weapons | Suicide belt |
Deaths | 73+ |
Injured | 200[1] |
Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi |
Motive | Anti-Shi'ism |
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The September 2010 Quetta bombing occurred on 3 September 2010 in Quetta, Pakistan.[2] At least 73 people were killed and 206 injured when a bomb exploded in a Quds Day procession which Shias were carrying out to express solidarity with Palestinians.[3]