(6 Feb 2010)
1. Wide of official inspecting wreckage of ambulances in front of Jinnah Hospital in Karachi
2. Close of damaged ambulance
3. Low angle of officials inspecting damage vehicle, sandal in foreground
4. Damaged motorcycle
5. Wide pan of blast site
6. Various of broken glass on the ground outside the hospital
7. Wide pan of empty emergency ward
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Faiz Mateen, rescue worker:
"Since last night Jinnah hospital has been closed, people are coming and going back. There is no doctor in the emergency (ward). People are asking what happened and we are telling them that the hospital is closed due to the explosion."
9. Wide exterior of emergency ward building
10. Various of military in security patrol vehicle
11. Mid of local residents at second blast site
12. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mehmood Khan, local resident:
"What happened yesterday, it was very bad and we are very sad. The government should take action against those who are responsible and they should be punished. Look at how many precious lives have been lost, how many children have become orphans and how many women have become widows and how much loss the country has suffered. These (bombings) are very bad. Those who are responsible must be punished."
13. Various of people reading newspaper headlines
14. Headline reading in (English) "25 killed as twin blasts rock Karachi."
15. Wide of ambulances transporting bodies for funeral to Shiite mosque
16. Shiite mourners chanting
17. Various of mourners carrying coffins to the funeral ground
18. Pan of prayers being said at funeral, to coffins
19. Mid of mourners offering prayers by coffins
20. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Allama Mirza Yusuf Husain, mourner:
"They are the anti-country elements, who are also the enemies of Islam, and they are committing such heinous crimes. They are not entitled to be called human beings. They are wolves and beasts in the guise of humans."
21. Top shot of funeral
22. Woman crying and a man consoling her
23. Various of mourners consoling each other
24. Mourners beating their chests
25. Various of coffins being transported
26. Mid of security
STORYLINE:
Thousands of minority Shiite Muslims attended a mass funeral on Saturday for those killed in a pair of bombings in Pakistan''s largest city.
At least 31 people died and 170 others were wounded in Karachi on Friday when suspected Sunni militants targeted a bus carrying Shiite worshippers and then attacked a major hospital treating victims of the first bomb, said a government spokesman.
Friday''s blasts coincided with Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for Hussein. The first bomb targeted a bus carrying Shiite worshippers, most of them women and children.
The bomb was attached to a motorcycle and detonated as the bus drove to an Arbaeen procession.
Two hours later, the second bomb exploded outside the entrance to the emergency ward at Jinnah Hospital, which was packed with victims and relatives of those killed and wounded in the earlier attack.
Witnesses said about 7,000 mourners attended the funeral.
Karachi has a history of religious violence between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, and the city has been tense in recent weeks due to clashes between rival political parties that have left dozens dead.
A paramilitary spokesman said that security forces were on maximum alert at the funeral in the Malir area of the southern port city. Many businesses were observing a strike over the attacks.
Although no group claimed responsibility, Pakistan is home to Sunni extremist groups with a history of attacking Shiites.
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