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Three Days of Violence in Karachi Kill 35

   VOA News 10 January 2010
   Pakistani  fire  fighters  struggle  to extinguish a burning building,
   which  was  set on fire by an angry mob after Monday's suicide bombing
   on  a  procession  of  Shiites,  Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, in Karachi,
   Pakistan.

   Pakistani  fire  fighters  struggle  to extinguish a burning building,
   which  was  set on fire by an angry mob after Monday's suicide bombing
   on  a  procession  of  Shiites,  Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, in Karachi,
   Pakistan.

   Three  days  of  violence  in Pakistan's commercial hub, Karachi, have
   killed at least 35 members of various political parties.
   The  French  News  Agency  (AFP)  on Sunday quoted an anonymous senior
   security  official  as  saying  the  targeted killings by unidentified
   gunmen  began  Thursday after police discovered the headless body of a
   worker  from  the  city's dominant political party, the Mutahida Qaumi
   Movement.
   Interior  Minister Rehman Malik said the killings are the handiwork of
   those who want to undermine the provincial government and "destabilize
   the country."
   British  Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who visited Karachi Sunday,
   said  he  wanted to add his voice to those hoping for an immediate end
   to political violence.
   Local  leaders  have  been  increasingly concerned about the spread of
   violence  to  Karachi  --  which,  with a population of 18 million, is
   Pakistan's largest city.
   That  concern  was heightened after at least eight suspected militants
   were killed when they accidentally blew up their safehouse in the city
   on Friday.

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

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