Remote-controlled bomb in Quetta, Pakistan, leaves 47 dead, 200 hurt QUETTA, Pakistan, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The bomb that killed nearly 50 people in Pakistan Saturday was apparently set off by remote control and targeted a Shiite neighborhood, investigators said. The death toll in the city of Quetta reached 47 with more than 200 people injured, including a number of women and children. "The death toll may rise," senior police officer Wazir Khan Nasir told DAWN.com. It was a remote-controlled bomb. The explosion occurred along a busy street near a school in a section of town with a large population of ethnic Hazaras, a group tied to the Shia branch of Islam. "It was a sectarian attack," the officer said. "the Shia community was the target." DAWN.com said the explosion brought scores of police and troops to the area, and Hazara leaders issued calls for a strike Sunday to protest the attack.