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A bomb blast outside a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 60 people and injured more than 100 others, officials say. Two bombs outside a church in Peshawar in Pakistan have killed at least 75 people, in one of the worst attacks on Christians in the country.
They say two suicide bombers blew themselves up as people were coming out after Sunday Mass. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up as worshippers were coming out of the city's historic All Saints church after attending Sunday Mass, police say.
The victims were said to include women and children. Relatives of the victims gathered at the scene to protest against the government's failure to protect them.
Islamist militants have been blamed for previous attacks on Pakistan's Christians, who make up about 1.6% of the country's mainly Muslim population. Muslim militants have been blamed for past attacks on Pakistani Christians.
No-one has admitted carrying out the attack. Estimates put the number of Christians in Pakistan at about 1.6% of the country's mainly Muslim population.
Demonstrations were held in other cities, with police in Karachi firing tear gas and bullets into the air to disperse hundreds of protesters.
The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani says Sunday's attack has outraged many Pakistanis, but there is also a sense of helplessness about the government's apparent inability to prevent such atrocities.
Witnesses said they heard two blasts, the second more powerful than the first.Witnesses said they heard two blasts, the second more powerful than the first.
No-one has admitted carrying out the attack, in which more than 120 people were wounded.
About 500 to 600 people were believed to have been inside the church at the time.About 500 to 600 people were believed to have been inside the church at the time.
Grieving relatives have gathered to identify their relatives.Grieving relatives have gathered to identify their relatives.
Many in Pakistan's Christian minority are angry at the country's failure to tackle militancy and extremism, which has claimed thousands of lives within the past decade, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi.