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| Shia leader killed in Karachi |
| 2010-11-30 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A Shia leader was rubbed out by an unidentified gunman in Mehmoodabad on Monday. in an apparent sectarian killing incident as Muharram approaches. Ferozabad police said Pasban-e-Aza president Nayyar Zaidi, 50, was travelling in his car with his nephew. An armed man intercepted them near the railway line in Chenesar Goth. He dragged out Zaidi from the car and shot him five times, they added. DSP Chauhadry Asad said the culprit resorted to firing with a submachine gun and managed to flee on a cycle of violence parked a few feet away from the spot. The body was handed over to the family after medico-legal formalities. The police, with the help of Zaidi's nephew, have drawn the sketch of the killer. After the incident, tension prevailed in Soldier Bazaar, Ancholi, Rizvia and other Shia-majority areas while heavy contingents of law enforcers were called in. |
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