Attacks on the Press in 2010 - Committee to Protect Journalists

<strong>Attacks</strong> on the Press in 2010The suicide bombing targeted a Shiite demonstration, triggeringgunfire and other violence that killed more than 60 people and leftanother 185 injured, including several other journalists, news reportssaid. The militant groups Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Jhangvieach claimed responsibility for the bombing, one in a series of assaultson Shiite gatherings, local news reports said. Some news reportslinked the violence that followed the Quetta bombing to survivingprotesters.Police took 12 suspects into custody, and Baluchistan Chief MinisterNawab Aslam Raisani formed a judicial tribunal to investigate the attack,news reports said.310