| 2003 Quetta mosque bombing | |
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| Location | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
| Date | 4 July 2003 (Pakistan Standard Time) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, mass shooting, grenade attack |
| Weapons | Hand grenades, explosive belt, guns |
| Deaths | 53 |
| Injured | at least 65 |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi |
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On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when the mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.[1][2] When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer, three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting, threw hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead and tens of others injured.[1][2] It was second major sectarian attack on Quetta's Hazaras after the massacre of police cadets.[when?] It was the start of the series of killings of Hazaras in Quetta.
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