| Violence in Karachi? I understand there's coal to be found in Newcastle, too... |
A mob set fire to two shops and burned three cars, a motorcycle and a rickshaw in violence in Shah Faisal Colony on Wednesday following last night's incident in which two workers of Sunni Tehrik were killed in a drive-by shooting. Threats from agitators forced businesses and shops to close in the area. A passer-by was also killed in the shooting, which was the result of a serious dispute between Sunni Tehrik and a rival religious group over the control of a mosque. Sunni Tehrik has blamed the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for the killings.
| Sort of like a squabble between Methodists and Baptists, only with violence. |
"The incident has nothing to do with sectarianism," DIG Operations Mushtaq Shah told the media on Wednesday. Police sources said the dispute centred on the collection of Ramazan donations in Allahwali Mosque. Mr Shah also confirmed that ten persons were arrested in nightlong raids following the shooting, of which members of Sunni Tehrik outside the mosque were the target.| Nothing says "Happy Eid" better than rickshaws in flames and dead passers-by... |
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