Atonement for Abbas Town

Kurt Menezes Published March 5, 2013
A protester holds a slogan reading: 'Don't differentiate between Shia's and Sunni's? Offer your help ? Give accountablity for your reign of terror ? Offer your help". ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
A protester holds a slogan reading: 'Don't differentiate between Shia's and Sunni's? Offer your help ? Give accountablity for your reign of terror ? Offer your help". ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans reading "Stop this nonsense - Where is the government?" in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans reading "Stop this nonsense - Where is the government?" in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans reading "Peace, Love and Unity" in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans reading "Peace, Love and Unity" in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
A protester holds a slogan reading: 'Don't differentiate between Shia's and Sunni's? Offer your help ? Give accountablity for your reign of terror ? Offer your help". ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
A protester holds a slogan reading: 'Don't differentiate between Shia's and Sunni's? Offer your help ? Give accountablity for your reign of terror ? Offer your help". ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes
Protestors hold slogans in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings. ? Photo by Kurt Menezes

After Sunday’s blasts in Karachi's Abbas Town, left 48 people dead and countless injured, protests were staged all over the country in condemnation of the bombings and the Shia killings.

According to initial reports, at least 150 kilograms of explosive material was used in the bombings and the police were nowhere to be seen for at least an hour after the blasts.

Without the help of law enforcement agencies citizens in the area started sifting through the rubble themselves, carrying out rescue operations.

- Photos and text by Kurt Menezes/Dawn.com

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