|
Raisani sacks seven officials over killing of six Shias
[Dawn] Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani on Monday sacked seven police officials on duty when unidentified gunnies rubbed out six Shia Moslems in Quetta, DawnNews reported.According to police sources, 17 suspects have also been locked away in connection with killing of Hazara community earlier today. The drive-by shooting took place at the busy Prince Road in the Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... capital. "Two gunnies riding a cycle of violence opened fire on a shoe store killing four Shia Moslems and wounding three others," senior police official Muhammad Tariq told AFP. "It was most probably a sectarian incident but the police are investigating," he said. Another police official, Jehangir Shah, also confirmed the incident and the four casualties. Later, two out of three injured gave up the ghost in a hospital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Balochistan is rife with religious militancy and sectarian violence between majority Sunnis and minority Shia Moslems, and a regional separatist insurgency. Hundreds of civilians have been killed since Baloch rebels rose up in 2004 against the federal government, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the oil, gas and mineral resources in the region. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-10 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=342500 |