A blast targeting Shiites rocked a busy Pakistani marketplace on Saturday.
- Hazaras are targeted, police say
- Dozens of casualties, according to authorities
- Pakistan's PM and president condemned the attack
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A blast targeting Shiites in a busy Pakistani marketplace killed at least 45 people on Saturday, police told CNN
The strike occurred the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta.
More than 100 people also were injured when water tanker parked in the marketplace along the Karana Road section of the city was remotely detonated. said Mir Zubair Mehmood, a Quetta senior police official.
The South Asian nation, overwhelmingly Sunni, has been beset by sectarian strife and attacks for years.
Mehmood said the attack targeted a Shiite Hazara community. Ethnic Hazaras live mostly in Afghanistan, and there are also Hazara enclaves in Afghanistan and Iran.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf strongly condemned the bombing and vowed to go after militants.
Earlier this year, a wave of attacks in Quetta left 87 people dead in the Shiite community.
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