卡拉奇为爆炸事件45名死难者举行哀悼

巴基斯坦最大城市卡拉奇星期一为一座清真寺外汽车炸弹事件的45名遇难者举行哀悼，这起爆炸还造成大约150人受伤。

警方说，星期天的爆炸事件发生在一个什叶派穆斯林占人口多数的居民区。事发时，在清真寺做晚间祈祷的人们正在走出清真寺。周围几栋楼房起火，人们困在倒塌的建筑里。受伤的人当中包括妇女和儿童。

一名准军事官员艾哈迈德表示，爆炸中使用的某种化学物在爆炸时起火，造成了更大的破坏。

到目前为止，还没有人出面对这一事件承担责任，不过，与基地组织有关连的逊尼派激进分子和塔利班经常在巴基斯坦各地袭击什叶派穆斯林，尤其是在卡拉奇。

独立的巴基斯坦人权理事会说，去年卡拉奇有至少2284人死于族裔、宗派以及政治暴力行动。

Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, shut down Monday to mourn the 45 people killed in a car bomb explosion outside a mosque that also wounded about 150 others.

Police say the bomb exploded Sunday as worshippers were leaving evening prayers in a neighborhood dominated by minority Shi'ite Muslims. Several buildings caught fire and people were trapped under the rubble of structures that collapsed. Women and children are among those wounded.

Paramilitary officer Pervez Ahmad says a chemical used in the blast caught fire and spread the destruction.

No one has claimed responsibility, but Sunni Muslim militants with links to al-Qaida and the Taliban frequently target their Shi'ite neighbors across Pakistan, especially in Karachi.

According to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, at least 2,284 people died in ethnic, sectarian and political violence last year in Karachi.