 Agha Ziauddin, a Shia leader ambushed by gunmen in his car in Gilgit on Saturday, died of his wounds in Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi on Thursday morning. Ziauddin was taken to the CMH after being shot in the attack, in which two of his guards were killed. Another of his bodyguards also died on Thursday, AFP reported. The news of Ziauddin's death raised tensions in Gilgit and Skardu was put under curfew at midday on Thursday. Troops were patrolling Gilgit and Skardu, both Shia-majority cities, to enforce the curfew. Security was also tightened in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Cheema told AFP. Sources told Daily Times that a witness of the Saturday attack on Ziauddin, who was possibly also involved in the incident, had been taken into the custody and had identified four other suspects who have been arrested. |