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| Three killed in suspected sectarian violence in Karachi |
| 2003-02-27 |
| At least three people have been killed in two separate shooting incidents in Karachi today. In one incident, two Shiite Moslem community members were gunned down while working in their bakery on the main M.A. Jinnah Street. The three attackers arrived at the bakery on a motorcycle, one entered the shop and shot dead two people. The victims were an uncle and nephew, both Iranian Pakistanis who have settled in Karachi for decades. In another similar attack, unknown gunmen in the central Jauharabad district of the city shot dead a member of a Sunni community, police said. Police suspect the two incidents may be related to the sectarian violence which erupted again last Saturday when assailants in the Malir Halt area of eastern Karachi gunned down nine people, all Shiite Moslems. Crackdown's over, so the festivities resume... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |