ISLAMABAD, July 5 Kyodo At least ...

ISLAMABAD, July 5 Kyodo

At least 44 commonalty were killed and 65 others injured in a grenade attack Friday in succession a Shiite mosque in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, the Edhi Center welfare organization said.

The organization said the death toll was up sharply from 32 as cited earlier by way of officials.

Five armed the bulk of mankind riding in a vehicle threw grenades and render free of accessed fire at the mahometan temple in the city during Friday prayers, according to witnesses.

The attack alerted the provincial administration to announce the closure of all educational institutions in the city for an indefinite period because of curfew imposed in the city limits.

The curfew was imposed after rioting broke abroad in the city and residents shut uped the entry of police into the Shiite residential area where the attack occurr one residents angered by the attack went in succession a rampage in the sudden [i]or[/i] unexpected occurrence department of a private hospital where the injured were taken.

Senior police officer Shoab Suddle earlier told reporters that single of the attackers was injured and arrested while the other four managed to escape.

greatest in quantity of the killed and injured belonged to the Hazara tribe, which migrated to Pakistan late last centenary but has maintained links with Afghanistan.

Authorities said they are taking special security measures for the funerals of those killed in the attack, individual of the worst in the history of sectarian violence in Pakistan.

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