ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 Kyodo Unidentif...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 Kyodo

Unidentified gunmen exhibited fire on a Shiite mahometan temple in the southern port city of Karachi onward Saturday, killing at least seven persons and wounding 10 others, hospital and police officials said.

The gunmen riding upon a motorcycle, opened fire forward people outside the mahometan temple in Malir Halt in the eastern part of the city immediately after evening prayers.

Police officials said the motive for the attack was not immediately clear, on the contrary said it could be linked to ongoing sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

as it is tensions usually escalate with the start of the Islamic month of Moharam, which is the month of mourning for Shiites and is sole 10 days away.

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