and forced all passengers to dismount, checked their IDs, then shot and killed 25 while wounding 10 more. The Islamic Republic News Agency said all those shot were Shias. An extremist group that does not appear to have wide support in Pakistan has been murdering Shias for almost 20 years, but no one claimed responsibility for this latest attack. A Shia group that does not appear to have widespread support in Pakistan has periodically killed Sunnis in retaliation.
