2004 Quetta Ashura massacre
| 2004 Quetta Ashura massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
| Date | 2 March 2004 |
Attack type | Hand grenades, Shooting and Rockets |
| Deaths | 49 |
| Injured | at least 100 |
| Part of a series on the |
| Hazaras |
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The 2004 Quetta Ashura massacre was a terrorist attack on 2 March 2004 during an Ashura procession in the southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan. At least 42 people were killed and more than 100 wounded.
People going for wudu (ablution) to recite prayers heard gunshots and the noha khwuan in the truck shouted that the people going for wudu should run for their lives.
At the time, Ashura processions were not accompanied by security details. The attack took place in Liaqat Bazaar. Almost all of the victims were Hazara. The attack occurred just after the Karbala Ashura bombings in Iraq.