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TPP Splinter Group Massacres 43 Ismailis On Karachi Bus

May 13 2015

Pakistan

Gunmen in Pakistan have killed at least 43 people and wounded 20 or so on a bus in Pakistan's largest city, reports Dawn (Pakistan).

Six gunmen on motorcycles stopped the bus in Karachi on Wednesday and fired indiscriminately on the passengers, said police.

Those riding the bus were men, women and children from the Ismaili Shi'ite Muslim minority sect, said a local official cited by CNN.

All the victims were killed at close range with 9-mm pistols, reported Dawn...

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