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Tuesday, 2 March, 2004, 15:18 GMT
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In pictures: Quetta attack
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Eyewitnesses say a grenade was thrown into the procession in Quetta, then gunmen sprayed the crowd with bullets.
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People rushed the injured - including this boy who was hit by a bullet - to hospitals for treatment.
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Shias were marking the seventh-century death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad.
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Local hospitals struggled to cope with streams of injured people.
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After the attacks Shias went on the rampage, looting and burning property and vehicles before troops restored order.
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Security forces moved in straight away, firing shots and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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The city is under an indefinite curfew.
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