Six members of a Shia Muslim family have been shot dead in Pakistan, in a suspected sectarian attack.
Two men, their wives, a 17-year-old maid and one of the men's year-old daughter were gunned down in the Mughalpura district of Lahore.
Lahore police chief Tariq Saleem Dogar said the victims were bound and gagged before they were killed.
There is a history of tension between extremist groups within the Shia and Sunni communities in Pakistan.
Friday's killings came a week after a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Karachi left 14 people dead.
We will investigate all the options, including terrorism and sectarianism
Tariq Saleem Dogar
Lahore police chief
No-one has so far claimed responsibility for the Lahore killings and no-one has been arrested.
"We will investigate all the options, including terrorism and sectarianism," Mr Saleem said.
Anti-Shia slogans
The family ran a primary school for Shias and police said anti-Shia slogans were daubed across the walls of their home.
Most Pakistanis are Sunnis but there is a large Shia minority.
Sectarian killings in Pakistan have been a feature of the last two decades, with about 4,000 lives lost in the violence.
There was a lull in the violence shortly after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 but the killings began to rise again last year with Shias more often than not the victims.
see this is why you can't just concentrate on protecting the mosques/imam bargahs
More detailed report with few pics
These are the fruits of the tree planted by General Zia-ul-Batil, i.e. religious extremism/wahabhism.
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shame on this govt for not protecting its citizens..musharaf should just resign...this asshole has done nothing for the shias of pakistan
Musharraf wont do much because there are just so many hidden agendas like he wont want to displease Saudi govt. by breaking the wahabhi network. But Allah is the supreme power and insha allah these killers will pay for these hideous actions.
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shame on this govt for not protecting its citizens..musharaf should just resign...this asshole has done nothing for the shias of pakistan
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I really codemn this but my histor knowledge tells that Shias have seen worse througout their 1400 year history.
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a very sad incident....
but shiaas have not yet been 1400 years old....
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I am so damn sick and tired of this...
sheraz is right, u cant be reactionary and just increase protection at masajid..that should be done but teh govt needs to be proactive and rip these extremists roots out.
How long will ppl have to suffer due to their faith.
Very sad indeed, after looking at the picture, I felt really bad. Cant believe there are some people full of so much hate.
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Very sad indeed, after looking at the picture, I felt really bad. Cant believe there are some people full of so much hate.
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This is just the reaction the want, how can you al be sure this is not a polt from some sedicious people who want to create disharmony in the countrym, and the nation to force musharaff to resign... How can you even think "He should resign" that is propostrous.
He should resign because he is an incompetent fool. The sunni republic of pakistan will not be content unless all shias are dead.
I call upon all responsible people in pakistan to burn down ghq, the source of all terror.
Musharraf can jail journalists at will
Musharraf can sentence Javed Hashmi to 23 years in prison
Musharraf can bring Lahore to standstill to kick out Shahbaz Sharif
But Musharraf will make Azam Tariq MNA
Musharraf cannot find a reason to imprison SSP/LeJ thugs.
What a shameful person.
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He should resign because he is an incompetent fool. The sunni republic of pakistan will not be content unless all shias are dead.
I call upon all responsible people in pakistan to burn down ghq, the source of all terror.
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I got no love for musharraff for sure
but what you talking about sunni pakistan will not be content unless all shias are dead your talking out your backside!
I have shia neighbours they been living in our town and city for decades no problems.
People die in your beloved amerikkka just for being black or hispanic do you call for the whitehose to be burned down!
I think Iran is the source of this problem.
ak47, actions speak louder then words and all the actions I see from sunni pakistan point to a campiagn of killing all shias.
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I think Iran is the source of this problem.
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Problem being the shias? Or Iran is for some reason killing shias? Could you suggest their motivation for doing so?
i disagree with imdad. it is not "Sunni Pakistan" but rapidly-wahabbifying-Pakistan that is intent on wiping out shias. Most Sunnis I know abhor the violence.
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I think Iran is the source of this problem.
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I think SATAN is the sourse of problem. Then I think Kuffar e Makkah (1400 years back) are the source of This problem. It a chain.
iss say to hum india main hi achay thay