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| Three shot dead in suspected sectarian killing in Karachi |
| 2016-04-09 |
| [DAWN] Three people were rubbed out in the city’s North Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... area Friday afternoon in what police suspect is a sectarian attack. The victims, all of whom belong to the Shia community, had just offered Friday prayers at the Najaf Imambargah ...since Pakistain is very religiously correct, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are... , said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Central Investigation Arab Mahar. "The victims were riding a cycle of violence and were attacked near Shafiq Mor," the police official said. One of the victims was a gold medalist in applied physics from Karachi University, while the other two were father and son. This is the first major incident of sectarian violence in Karachi in 2016. Although incidents of sectarian violence have decreased over the past year, it remains prevalent as professionals continue to be targeted on the basis of their faith, Kamran Arif, co-chairperson of the Human Rights Commission Pakistain (HRCP) said earlier. An HRCP report released in April said 2015 saw 58 incidents of sectarian violence ─ nearly half as many as those in 2014. Several thousand citizens belonging to religious minority communities are reported to have left the country over the past few years "on account of faith-based violence, discrimination and persecution". |
| Posted by:Fred |