A mosque bombing in Quetta, Pakistan in 2003 killed 53 Hazara Shia Muslims during Friday prayers. Through 2015 the opening called it the "first of its kind terrorist, sectarian attack" and the first suicide bombing of its kind. Today's opening describes gunmen shooting and a suicide bomber but never uses the word "terrorist"; the word survives 7 times elsewhere in the article. A reader of the opening alone does not learn that Wikipedia once called this the first terrorist attack of its kind in the sectarian campaign against Hazara Shias.
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2003 Quetta mosque bombing was first of its kind terrorist, sectarian attack as for the first time a suicide bomber was used and one of the deadliest attacks on Hazara people , the Shia minority in southwestern city of Quetta , in Balochistan province of Pakistan .1On Friday July 4, 2003 when hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer , three armed men enter the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting , threw hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself which left more than 50 dead and tens of others injured.2It was second major sectarian attack on Hazara community in Quetta after the massacre of Police cadets.3
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On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when the mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta , Balochistan , Pakistan .When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer , three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting , threw hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead and tens of others injured.It was second major sectarian attack on Quetta's Hazaras after the massacre of police cadets.It was the start of the series of killings of Hazaras in Quetta .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when the mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta , Balochistan , Pakistan . When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer , three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting , threw hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead and tens of others injured. It was second major sectarian attack on Quetta's Hazaras after the massacre of police cadets. It was the start of the series of killings of Hazaras in Quetta .
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On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when a mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta , Balochistan , Pakistan . When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer , three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting and throwing hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead and scores injured. It was the latest of several major sectarian attack in the series of killings of Hazaras in Quetta , coming less than a month after the massacre of Hazara police cadets on June 8, 2003.
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Today
“terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 7. Read the current article and compare.
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first of its kind terrorist
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killed and at least 65 others were injured when a mosque was attacked during the friday prayer in quetta
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