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Quetta rally suicide bomb kills dozens

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At least 42 people have died in a suicide bombing at a Shia Muslim rally in Quetta city, south-western Pakistan.

Nearly 80 others were injured in the explosion at a Palestinian solidarity march in the Meezan Chowk area.

It was the second attack on Pakistan's Shia Muslim minority this week - bombs in Lahore on Wednesday kills dozens.

Caroline Hawley reports.

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