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| Riaz Basra, dead again |
| 2002-05-14 |
| Pakistani police and villagers killed one of Pakistan's most-wanted men in a fierce, four-hour gunbattle Tuesday in a remote town in eastern India, police said. Riaz Basra and three associates were killed in a gunfight after barging into a Shiite Muslim cleric's house, police said. Basra, one of Pakland's "most wanted men" was jugged in January. That was after he was jugged when crossing from Afghanistan into North Waziristan with "a bevy of henchmen" in late December. Makes you wonder, what did they want him for? Looks like the answer was "a day or two." Riaz Basra, leader of an outlawed Sunni Muslim group, was accused of complicity in the murder of more than 100 Shiite Muslims, the 1990 slaying of Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji in Lahore, and the death of several police officers. Police had offered a reward of $83,000 for information leading to his arrest. Being dead is nothing new to Basra, as he was killed in April, 1999, as well. "Basra was symbol of religious terrorism," said Javed Shah, police chief in Vehari, a small town 60 miles southeast of Multan. Shah said all the suspects were the members of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. He's also the symbol of calabooses with porous walls as well as of death and resurrection. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |