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| Pakistan Christians protest after deadly church blasts | Pakistan Christians protest after deadly church blasts |
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| Pakistan's Christian minority have blocked roads and burned tyres in protest against attacks on two churches on Sunday which killed 15 people. | Pakistan's Christian minority have blocked roads and burned tyres in protest against attacks on two churches on Sunday which killed 15 people. |
| Protests are taking place in the eastern cities of Lahore, Faisalabad, Sargodha and Gujranwala. | Protests are taking place in the eastern cities of Lahore, Faisalabad, Sargodha and Gujranwala. |
| The authorities are appealing for calm after an angry mob lynched two people suspected of involvement in the attack. | The authorities are appealing for calm after an angry mob lynched two people suspected of involvement in the attack. |
| A Taliban splinter group has said it carried out the attacks, the worst on Pakistan's Christians since 2013. | A Taliban splinter group has said it carried out the attacks, the worst on Pakistan's Christians since 2013. |
| Christian missionary schools around the country are closed as Pakistan observes a day of mourning. | |
| Christians make up a tiny fraction of Pakistan's overwhelmingly Muslim population and are vulnerable to sectarian attacks. | |
| Pakistan's Christians | Pakistan's Christians |
| The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil, in Lahore, says the mood is tense and sombre inside the Youhanabad area - the city's largest Christian neighbourhood - where the attacks took place. | |
| Adults and children have been carrying crosses and raising banners saying "Stop killing Christians" as they marched towards St John's Church and Christ Church, the scenes of Sunday's blasts. | Adults and children have been carrying crosses and raising banners saying "Stop killing Christians" as they marched towards St John's Church and Christ Church, the scenes of Sunday's blasts. |
| Local media showed pictures of the crowd in Youhanabad throwing rocks at passing cars, smashing their windows. | |
| There is a great deal of grief but also a great deal of anger, our correspondent says, as Christians in Lahore feel they have regularly been targeted by extremists and abandoned by their government. | There is a great deal of grief but also a great deal of anger, our correspondent says, as Christians in Lahore feel they have regularly been targeted by extremists and abandoned by their government. |
| "We are proud to be Christians here but the way we are treated... is beyond our understanding," Arcene Anthony, a sister at St John's, told the BBC. | "We are proud to be Christians here but the way we are treated... is beyond our understanding," Arcene Anthony, a sister at St John's, told the BBC. |
| Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan called the assaults "an inhuman act of terrorism". | Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan called the assaults "an inhuman act of terrorism". |
| Attacks against Christians in Pakistan are not uncommon, analysts say. Some are related to Pakistan's controversial anti-blasphemy laws. | Attacks against Christians in Pakistan are not uncommon, analysts say. Some are related to Pakistan's controversial anti-blasphemy laws. |
| But this is the first large-scale attack on the community since 22 September 2013, when the bombing of a Peshawar church killed more than 120 people, in what is thought to be the deadliest attack on the country's minority. | But this is the first large-scale attack on the community since 22 September 2013, when the bombing of a Peshawar church killed more than 120 people, in what is thought to be the deadliest attack on the country's minority. |