PAKISTANI GUN ATTACK
Eight killed in gun attack in Pakistani city of Quetta 9 August 2013 Last updated at 07:39 Children were among those wounded in the shooting At least eight people were killed when gunmen opened fire outside a mosque in the second attack in Quetta in south-west Pakistan in as many days. About 15 others were wounded in the attack, which came as worshippers left the Sunni Muslim mosque after sunrise prayers for the Eid al-Fitr festival. Bullets hit the car of Ali Madad Jatak, a former Pakistan People's Party provincial minister, but he was unhurt. On Thursday dozens of people died in a suicide bomb blast in Quetta. In the latest attack, four unidentified men opened fire on the former minister during the prayers, according to the Dawn News website. Mr Jatak held a ministerial role in the Balochistan provincial government, as a representative of the PPP, which headed the last national coalition government. No group has said it carried out the shooting, which took place near Quetta'...