Pakistan: Three Hazaras among five gunned down in Quetta

Quetta – Oct 9, 2017: Three Hazaras among five killed during an attack by unidentified terrorists on Hazara vegetable sellers heading to the market for their daily supplies in Quetta – the provincial capital of restive Balochistan province in Pakistan

[ Al – Jazeera ]

Two attackers riding a motorcycle opened fire on a van bound for a nearby vegetable market, killing the driver and four others early on Monday morning – Quetta police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema.

Since 2002, at least 2,679 Shia Muslims, who make up about 15 percent of the 207 million population of Pakistan, have been killed in a sustained campaign of targeted attacks and bombings, according to the independent South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP).

While the frequency of attacks has reduced in recent years, the community remains in the crosshairs of many armed groups, including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and, most recently, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group.

Oct 9, 2017: 3 #Hazaras among 5 shot dead on #Quetta's Kasi roadhttps://t.co/BjlJev1JQV #Balochistan #Pakistan

— HOPEhazara (@HOPEhazara) October 9, 2017

pt Oct 9, 2017 Kasi Road incident
Terrorist attack on #Hazara vehicle#Quetta #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/LqZfLvvO3K

— HOPEhazara (@HOPEhazara) October 14, 2017

pt Oct 9, 2017 – 'Kasi Road Incident' #Quetta
video source: @mechidtv https://t.co/rC9E3LgT1g #TwitterHazaras pic.twitter.com/CCB3DeNWWd

— HOPEhazara (@HOPEhazara) October 14, 2017

pt Oct 9, 2017 – 'Kasi Road Incident' #Quetta
Injured:
Ghulam Raza (#Hazara) pic.twitter.com/y99qiuhkHH

— HOPEhazara (@HOPEhazara) October 14, 2017

pt #Hazara Genocide #Pakistan (live map)https://t.co/KJD6zB6xIb #TwitterHazaras

— HOPEhazara (@HOPEhazara) October 14, 2017

Social Media Reactions

#HazaraGenocide #Pakistan
Riyadh/GCC funds, Pakistan facilities, Tehran & Qum buries us 6-feet deep.

Walking #Hazara not worth 1 paisa, Shrouded-Hazara worth billions of business.

Alam & Labaik-Ya-Hussain – foreign to Hazara culture, courtesy of Wilayat-Faqih#TwitterHazaras pic.twitter.com/iM3fVDFeT2

— Hazara.Net (@hazaranet) October 9, 2017

#Pakistan: #Hazara Ethnic-Cleansing
'We will turn #Balochistan graveyard of #Hazaras' LEJ leaflet (AQ TTP IS affiliate)

“If you ask me who is responsible for target killing of Hazara, the answer is: who is responsible for security?'https://t.co/vo9M8ITh8A #TwitterHazaras

— Hazara.Net (@hazaranet) October 10, 2017

17 years long unabated killing of 1500 #Hazaras didnt irk security instituition to bring culprits in net of #Radulfissad pic.twitter.com/5808JTrfjs

— ASMATYARI (@YaaaaRee) October 9, 2017

"#Hazaras under attack, again"
Brave editorial by @dailytimespak https://t.co/SywLC9F3IF

— Sajjad Hussain Changezi (@Changovski) October 10, 2017

Heaven forbid that they perish in proportions to those murdered of the Hazara community. Won´t wish it on anybody. Hazaras are our shame.

— Abbas Nasir (@abbasnasir59) October 9, 2017

@sherryrehman 19 attacks w/in 1 mile of same road — the 'WE' you speak of, are being pointed by #Hazaras as their killers. Welcome @UN investigation into 200+ attacks@hrw @amnesty @IntlCrimCourt @antonioguterres @MarkLancasterMK @usembislamabad pic.twitter.com/lvpXQOd3Yr

— Hazara.Net (@hazaranet) October 9, 2017

Hazaras have been killed before while buying vegetables; Situationer | Hazaras: Fault in their faces https://t.co/TguKG9Yvxi

— Mohammed Hanif (@mohammedhanif) October 9, 2017

https://t.co/BZM3rHcYp5 Over '1,400 incidents targeting the Shia/Hazara community have taken place in Balochistan.' Incredible.

— Asad Rahim Khan (@AsadRahim) October 9, 2017

#Pakistan 5 more #Hazara #Shias shot dead in #Quetta. #Baluchistan https://t.co/tGhAY0UDVO

— Farahnaz Ispahani فرحناز (@fispahani) October 9, 2017

These killings are only limited to quetta city where media is around. There are plenty killings in the interior that go unreported. https://t.co/DVHo96yo4W

— Akhtar Mengal (@sakhtarmengal) October 9, 2017

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