Shiites and Sunnis Battle in Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN , 02.10.2006, 07:54 AM

Shiites and Sunnis battled each other with rockets and gunfire in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, raising the death toll of two days of Muslim sectarian violence to 38, an official said.

The latest fighting in the town of Hangu killed three Shiites and at least one Sunni, the town's top administrator, Ghani ur-Rahman, told The Associated Press.

The violence began Thursday when a suicide bomber tore through a procession of minority Shiites observing Ashoura, their most important religious holiday. Shiites sought revenge, burning shops and cars and fighting Sunnis in the area, about 60 miles south of Peshawar.



They are just having a little harmless fun.