45 killed, 150 injured in twin blasts in Karachi, Pakistan (5)

（Xinhua） 19:09, March 04, 2013

Pakistani people gather at the bomb blast site in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, March 4, 2013. At least 45 people were killed and 150 others injured when twin blasts hit a residential area in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night. (Xinhua/Arshad)

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast yet, but Shia leaders blamed the attack on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the banned extremist Sunni Muslim group, which claimed the killing of over 200 Shia Muslims in two separate attacks in southwest city of Quetta over the last two months.

The recent attacks seemed to be retaliation for the arrest of Malik Ishaq, the current head of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, last month in eastern Punjab province.

Sectarian violence is not unusual in Karachi where lots of people were gunned down in confrontation between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but massive bombing in a Shia community is quite rare in the city.

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