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| Five more dead in Karachi target killings | |
| 2010-06-29 | |
| KARACHI: Five men, including two members each from the Shia and Barelvi sects, were gunned down on Monday in different areas of the city in the ongoing spree of target killings. At least four unidentified motorcyclists ambushed Sajid Ali Abbas and killed him at a bus stop near a medical store in Nazimabad No 1. Riots broke out in Rizvia Society, Nazimabad, Paposh Nagar and Essa Nagri to protest the killing. Aerial firing was also reported in various areas.
Jafaria Alliance Pakistan spokesman Ali Ahmer said the death toll of the members of the Shia sect had risen to six in the last two weeks. He blamed the members of banned organisations for the killings. Separately, a member of the Dawat-e-Islami, a religious organisation of the Barelvi sect, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorcycle in the Liaquat Market area in Malir. Saudabad SHO Azhar Lahori said Qasim Muhammad Umer, 31, was a resident of the Malir area. In another incident, an Internet café proprietor was gunned down in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. Police said Akhtar Rasool, 25, was on his way home when unidentified men shot him near Jauhar Chowrangi. In a separate incident, Ali Muhammad, 27, was murdered outside his house in Muslimabad. The Peerabad police said the incident took place in the wee hours when Muhammad left his house after receiving a phone call. SHO Rahim Khan said street criminals might be behind the incident as the victim had ties with some criminals. Meanwhile, an unidentified man's bullet-riddled body was recovered in Haji Miandad Goth and taken to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |