QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least 20 people in a Shi'ite Muslim area of the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday in what a police official said was part of an escalation of sectarian attacks by hardline Sunni extremists.
Officials said most of the dead were from Pakistan's Shi'ite minority, which has been demanding protection from the government after attacks by militant groups led by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
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