Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi say three people have been killed in a further outbreak of sectarian violence late on Wednesday.
In one incident, two Shia muslims were shot dead.
In the second attack, a Sunni member of the right-wing Jammat-i-Islami party was shot dead.
At least thirty-five people have been killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan over the last week.
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