 Two gunmen opened fire inside a bakery in Karachi early on Monday, killing a Sunni Muslim cleric before fleeing on a motorcycle, police said. Qari Habibur Rehman Saeedi of Masjid Faizan-e-Aulia in Lyari, Naya Abad, was gunned down leading to widespread panic in the area. Shops were closed down and police patrols were ordered. Qari Habibur Rehman was buying food at the Fine Bakers after leading morning prayers at a nearby mosque when he was shot, police inspector Bahauddin Babar said. He was shot four times in the neck, shoulder and back. The gunmen escaped on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice, Babar said. Shopkeepers rushed the cleric to Civil Hospital where he died after receiving initial treatment.
| Too bad they didn't take him to a certified Level 1 Trauma Center; he'd be ... still dead. |
No one claimed responsibility for the killing, but Babar suspected it was the latest in a string of sectarian attacks. Qari Rehman hailed from Multan and left behind two wives – one in Multan with two children and the other in Karachi with a daughter. |