 KARACHI: Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Madani – brother of slain militant party Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan chief Maulana Azam Tariq - was injured and his son Abdullah was killed in an ambush in Buffer Zone in Taimuria police limits on Sunday night.
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Maulana Madni, was on his way in his car with his family to attend a dars (lesson) in Madni Masjid in North Nazimabad. When the car approached the terminus of 7C bus in Buffer Zone, unidentified men on motorcycles sprayed the car with bullets. Both father and son suffered multiple bullet injures. The assailants escaped, witnesses said.
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Maulana Madni and his son Abdullah were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where Abdullah shaheeded died. Sources at the hospital said Maulana Madni was out of danger. Maluna Madni is the administrator of Jamia Muhammadi Trust, Buffer Zone. Sources said Maulana Madni had been former president of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Karachi division, five years ago. He visited Madni Masjid in North Nazimabad on Sundays to listen to the dars by Maulana Aslam Sheikhupuri. |