Karachi shuts down to bury 45 bomb dead
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Residents gather in front of a damaged building after a bomb blast in a residential area, a day earlier, in Karachi, on March 4, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Residents salvage belongings at the area after a bomb blast, a day earlier, in a residential area in Karachi, on March 4, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Pakistani residents gather after the bomb blast in Karachi, on March 3, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People gather as firefighters try to extinguish fire at the site of bomb blast in Karachi, on March 3, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Family members mourn the death of their relatives after a bomb blast in a residential area, a day earlier, in Karachi, on March 4, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Pakistani rescuers gather at the site of the bomb blast in Karachi on March 3, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: AFP
Residents gather in front of a damaged building after a bomb blast in a residential area, a day earlier, in Karachi, on March 4, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents salvage belongings at the area after a bomb blast, a day earlier, in a residential area in Karachi, on March 4, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistani residents gather after the bomb blast in Karachi, on March 3, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: AFP
People gather as firefighters try to extinguish fire at the site of bomb blast in Karachi, on March 3, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Family members mourn the death of their relatives after a bomb blast in a residential area, a day earlier, in Karachi, on March 4, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistani rescuers gather at the site of the bomb blast in Karachi on March 3, 2013. Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections. -- PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections.
Traffic was thin as educational institutions, businesses and markets closed after the local government announced one day of mourning and Shiite groups three days of mourning for those killed in Sunday's bombing.
The bomb exploded as worshippers were coming out of mosques in the neighbourhood of Abbas Town, ripping through two apartment blocks and trapping people beneath piles of rubble.
Those who survived but whose homes were damaged or destroyed are being housed temporarily in schools, officials said.
