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20 killed in stabbings at Muslim shrine, Pakistani police say
[CNN] A custodian and four other suspects have been nabbedDrop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! after 20 people were killed at a Moslem shrine, authorities in Pakistain said Sunday. Three more people are hospitalized at death's door after the attack in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province, said Liaqat Chattah, deputy police commissioner for Sargodha city, where the attack happened. Custodian Abdul Waheed drugged and stripped the victims before they were killed at the Sufi shrine, which is named the Ali Ahmad Gunnar Shrine, said Chattah. Knives and clubs were used to attack the devotees before police were alerted by two men and two women who had expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, Chattah said. Waheed was arrested, along with four other suspects. The police official described Waheed as mentally unstable. An investigation is underway, he said. Shrines to various saints are scattered all over Pakistain, where they are considered places of meditation and refuge, where the homeless find shelter and alms are handed out. Shrine custodians generally perform caretaker duties -- keeping the area clean and managing events and rituals. Sargodha is about 105 miles northwest of Lahore. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-03 |
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