Photo gallery: Death toll in Pakistani bombing climbs to 81
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Security officials examine the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People return to collect their belongings from their shop at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man and a girl looking through the shattered window of a house, damaged by a bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim reacts as he sits over the rubble of a damaged market caused by Saturday's bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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People return to collect their belongings from their shop at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People gather at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the Pakistani city of Quetta, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A boy stands at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the Pakistani city of Quetta, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Pakistanis gather by the rubble of a market destroyed by a bombing Saturday in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. The death toll in this south-western city of Pakistan, from a bomb hidden in a water tank that ripped through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood, increased to 81, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
Security officials examine the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People return to collect their belongings from their shop at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man and a girl looking through the shattered window of a house, damaged by a bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
People inspect the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim reacts as he sits over the rubble of a damaged market caused by Saturday's bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
People return to collect their belongings from their shop at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People gather at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the Pakistani city of Quetta, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A boy stands at the site of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the Pakistani city of Quetta, on Feb 17, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistanis gather by the rubble of a market destroyed by a bombing Saturday in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. The death toll in this south-western city of Pakistan, from a bomb hidden in a water tank that ripped through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood, increased to 81, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
QUETTA (AP) - The death toll in this southwestern city of Pakistan, from a bomb hidden in a water tank that ripped through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood, increased to 81, officials said.
Nearly 200 others were injured. Police said many of those wounded in the explosion in Quetta remain in critical condition.
The blast, which police said targeted the country's minority Shiite Muslim sect, left many victims buried under rubble, but authorities did not know how many.
