Four Pakistani Christians shot dead

Weekly Voice editorial staff
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People from the Pakistani Christian community visit a hospital looking for family members, in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, April 2, 2018. Gunmen riding on motorcycles in two separate attacks hours apart killed four minority Christians from the same family and five Muslims in the northwestern city of Quetta before fleeing on Monday, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Islamabad:  Four members of a Pakistani Christian family were shot dead in Quetta city, the police said on Tuesday.

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On Monday night, unidentified armed men intercepted a vehicle the family was travelling in and opened fire, Quetta Police spokesperson Mohamed Ramzan told Efe news.

The attack comes a day after Pakistani Christians, who are a mere 2 per cent of the population, had celebrated Easter Sunday.

Attacks against the Christians have been frequent in Pakistan.

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In December 2017, a week before Christmas, two suicide bombers had stormed into a packed church in Quetta and killed 10 and wounded at least 44, in an attack claimed by the Islamic state.

In March 2016, the Taliban targeted Christians celebrating Easter in a park in Lahore killing 71 people.

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