(4 Sep 2010)
1. A mourner showing a photo of his son, killed in Friday's explosion
2. Mid of mourners carrying coffin
3. Wide of mourners carrying coffins
4. Mid of mourners carrying coffins
5. Wide of funeral prayers, mourners
6. Mid of funeral prayers
7. Close of mourners praying
8. Mid of burial
9. Close of burial
10. Mourners in funeral procession
STORYLINE:
Thousands attended a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday for victims of a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession.
The death toll from Friday's attack rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday.
About 150 people were wounded, with some still in a critical condition, a police official said.
The attack was the second in a week against Shiites for which the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
A triple suicide bombing on Wednesday night killed 35 people at a Shiite ceremony in the eastern city of Lahore.
Shiite leaders blamed the government for failing to protect them and called a general strike in Quetta, where all schools were closed for a day of mourning.
Shiites make up an estimated 20 percent of the population in the mostly Sunni Muslim country, although figures are imprecise and disputed.
Long-standing sectarian violence in Pakistan, particularly against Shiites, has been exacerbated by the rise of the Sunni extremist Taliban and al-Qaida movements.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the Taliban, al-Qaida and the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group were
working together to destabilise Pakistan.
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