Pakistani police arrested a suspected member of a banned Shiite Muslim group accused in the killing of dozens of rival Sunnis, an officer said on Tuesday. Imtiaz Hussain Jafferi, 33, was arrested on Monday in a raid in Karachi’s Gulbahar neighborhood, said Omar Khitab, a deputy police superintendent in this southern port city. Jafferi allegedly belongs to Sipah-e-Mohammed, a Shiite group among seven militant organizations banned by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a crackdown against religious extremism. Jafferi is wanted for alleged involvement in the killing of 38 Sunni Muslims and wounding 16 others in various attacks in Karachi, Khitab said.
So long, Jaff. |