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Rumours of Abbas Qadri's killing spark violence
 KARACHI: Sporadic violence spread throughout the city, starting Saturday evening and continuing past midnight after rumours spread that Sunni Tehreek (ST) leader Maulana Abbas Qadri had been killed by gunmen. While the rumours have proved wrong, a number of apparent ST activists came out on the streets, pelted passing vehicles with stones, forced shopkeepers to close their businesses and burnt tires. The rumours started after people started receiving text messages on their mobile phones and also through phone calls, in which their friends wanted to inquire of the ST leader's whereabouts. They wanted to confirm whether the rumours of Maulana Qadri's death were true. According to Daily Times investigations, the rumours were baseless. A spokesperson for the ST ridiculed the rumours and said Maulana Qadri was all right. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-19 |
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