Dozens of community members gathered in southeast Melbourne to mourn the victims of the latest terror attack on the Hazara minority in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
In an attack that is believed to have targeted Hazaras at a vegetable Market in Quetta last week, 24 people were killed and dozens injured.Hazaras, who are mainly Shia Muslims, have been frequently targeted in such attacks since 1999, says Victorian Afghan Associations Network president Nazir Yousufi.
Mr Yousufi who has watched the situation of the Hazara people in Quetta closely, accuses Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence of supporting Islamic extremist groups and using them against minority groups such as the Hazaras. The attack took place three days after the government released Ramazan Mengal, a senior leader of sectarian group Lashkar-e-Jhangavi, after he spent three months in jail.
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