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February 16, 2013
At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town, Pakistan.
February 2013 Quetta bombing
On 16 February 2013, at least 91 people were killed and 190 injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan, Pakistan. Most of the victims were members of the predominantly Shia Twelver ethnic Hazara community, and authorities expected the death toll to rise due to the large number of serious injuries. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group claimed responsibility for the blast, the second major attack against the Shia Hazaras in a month.
Hazara Town
Hazara Town is a lower- to middle-income area on the western outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, of which almost all the residents are ethnic Hazaras, with a small population of Pashtuns and Baloch.