 Rangers firing on an angry mob protesting against an attack on a local prayer leader, Monday, killed two and sparked tension in the Pakistani commercial city of Karachi, known as hotbed of sectarian violence, said police. Unknown masked gunmen on late Saturday opened indiscriminate fire at Qari Abdul Razaq, prayer leader of a Mosque and local leader of Jamat-i-Ulema Islam (JUI), in Sohrab Gotth area, local police official Ghayoor Shafaq told KUNA. He said Qari Razaq was seriously injured in the firing and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is said to be in stable condition now.
He said the attack triggered protests in the city and has rekindled a revenge wave between rival Shiite and Sunni groups. He remarked that in order to put down the voice of the angry mob early Monday, rangers opened aerial fire, killing two activist of JUI and wounding three others. He said that following the incident, security has been beefed up in the city, where violence has already claimed hundreds of innocent lives in recent past. |