[DAWN] LAHORE: Banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
al-Alami on Saturday grabbed credit for killing a retired professor belonging to the Ahamdi community.
Dr Ashfaq Ahmad, 68, a nutritionist by profession and a retired professor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, was going along with his grandson and another relative by a car when near Shah Fareed Chowk, the attacker shot him in the head and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. Dr Ahmad was taken to the Mayo Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead
He's dead, Jim!
Sabzazar police registered a murder case on the complaint of victim’s heirs and did not add terrorism charges in the case.
A news release issued by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami claimed that Riaz Basra brigade’s special commando had killed the retired professor.
Investigating Officer Naseem Ahmed said police handed over the body to the heirs after completing legal formalities.
He said initial investigation revealed that the man was targeted while adding he did not know about any statement of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami.
He said they were working on the case and would arrest the suspect involved in the killing.