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Ex-MNA, three aides shot dead
 GUJRAT Pakiwakiland: Former MNA Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah and his three aides were shot dead by unidentified assailants in an ambush on the GT Road near Theekarian Morr on Sunday. Two of his other companions were injured in the attack. Belonging to the Qulewal Syedan village, Mr Shah and his companions were on way home in a jeep and a car after attending a marriage ceremony when the assailants sprayed their vehicles with bullets.
| They were probably just celebrating... |
Manzoor Shah, Ashraf Dar, Ghulam Ali and Iqbal died on the spot while Yasir Shah and an unknown man suffered critical injuries. Witnesses claimed that the attackers were in a white car with no number plate. The number of attackers could not be known.
| Since the defenders were too busy dying. |
Mr Shah had started his political career in 1964 when he was elected a councillor from Lalamusa. He was elected MNA in 1985, 1990 and 1997 and was considered to be a close friend of the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. His only son, Abbas Shah, had also been murdered in 1993. The motive behind the killings could not be ascertained immediately. No case was registered till the filing of this report as Lalamusa city police claimed they had not received any written application from the aggrieved family.
| Can't investigate a murder without a written complaint. |
Posted by: Steve White 2005-01-03 |
