Locals killed in 3rd sectarian attack in this month

Sectarian is a word to describe something having to do with smaller groups or sects. Sectarian violence, for example, would describe violence that has erupted between conflicting groups or sects.

Sectarian, as a noun, is a member of a group with a particular set of interests. If you’re a religious sectarian, you are loyal to a particular religious sect or group. 

Unfortunately, there are not many places in the world where sectarian strife and conflict do not exist.

On Saturday, two were killed in a sectarian attack in southwest Pakistan, the police officials have informed, where there have been renewed attacks on the minorities and the security forces.

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Quetta witnessed 3 suicide bombings that were aimed at Pakistani police and paramilitary soldiers on Tuesday. Six police were killed and 15 members of the security forces wounded in those bombings, raising fears over fragile security in Baluchistan province.

Saturday’s attack killed 2 relatives in a busy shopping area in Quetta, the police said. The attackers fled the crime scene on a motorcycle.

It was the third attack on the minority Hazara community this month. Two Hazara men were killed in a similar attack last Sunday.

The Saturday’s attack resulted in the protests of the shopkeepers and other s in the area. The Hazara community also staged a sit-in protest over the violence earlier this month.

Hazaras are a mainly Shiite community and are frequently targeted by Taliban, Daesh, and other militant groups for their religious beliefs in both Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan.

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Hundreds of Hazaras fled to Pakistan during decades of conflict in Afghanistan and nearly half a million now live in and around Quetta.

Three separate bombings killed more than 200 people in Hazara neighborhoods in 2013, raising international awareness of the plight of the community.

The violence in Baluchistan has fuelled concern about security for projects in the $57 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor, a transport and energy link planned to run from western China to Pakistan’s southern deepwater port of Gwadar.

Two suicide bombers stormed a packed church in Quetta in December, killing at least 10 people and wounding up to 56. That attack was claimed by Daesh.