Pakistani gunmen kill three in attack blamed on Islamist groups
Gunmen riding motorcycles on Monday opened fire outside a passport office in southwestern Pakistan, killing three people, including a police officer, in an attack police blamed on radical Islamist groups.
Sectarian strife has been worsening in Pakistan, where Shi'ite Muslims make up about 20 percent of a population of 180 million. Sunni Muslim militants frequently attack Shi'ites, whom they see as infidels who deserve to die. Police blamed Monday's attack in Quetta, the capital of the restive province of Baluchistan, on Sunni militant groups. Two of the victims belonged to the Hazara community, a predominantly Shi'ite Muslim ethnic group.
