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LAST YEAR 2010 AUGUST: Karachi riots leave 45 dead after MP assassinatedGunmen swarm Pakistani city's streets seeking revenge after politician Raza Haider killed in gangland-style hit Share81 reddit this Huma Imtiaz in Karachi and Declan Walsh guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 August 2010 19.18 BST Article history A van burns in Karachi during an outbreak of deadly violence. Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images An uneasy calm reigned in the Pakistani city of Karachi tonight after the assassination of a senior politician triggered city-wide riots that left 45 people dead and more than 100 wounded. Buildings and vehicles were set ablaze and angry mobs surged through the streets of the country's largest city after Raza Haider, an MP with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was killed in a gangland-style hit on Monday night. The violence underscored bubbling ethnic and political tensions in Karachi, a sprawling seaside metropolis that is home to 16 million people and Pak...