1. Police blamed Sunni extremists, who accuse the mainly Shiite Muslim Iran of funding extremist Shiite groups in Pakistan. 2. In recent months, Sunni extremists have started to target professionals, including doctors and engineers. 3. Iranians in Pakistan also have become a target of Sunni extremists. 4. Iqbal said other Sunni extremists detained during an extensive investigation into the attack have been freed. 5. No one claimed responsibility for the shooting in the Punjab province, but police officials suspect rival Sunni extremists. 6. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni extremists blamed rival Shiite Muslim activists. 7. Sunni extremists blame the Shiites, but also criticize the government. 8. Gunmen also opened fire Thursday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on a van transporting Sunni extremists from court to prison, killing one policeman and a prisoner. 9. Intense rivalry between Shiite and Sunni extremists constitutes a growing part of the communal violence which has rocked Karachi. 10. Intense rivalry between Shiite and Sunni extremists constitutes a growing part of the violence which has rocked Karachi. |