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| Prayer leader shot dead in ‘targeted attack’ in Karachi |
| 2019-05-25 |
| [DAWN] A prayer leader was rubbed out in a suspected assassination in 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... 's Sachal area on Friday morning, officials said. Mohammed Arbab, 55, was coming out of the Minarul Huda Masjid in Sachal Goth near Murtaza Chowk after offering Fajr prayers when armed pillion riders opened indiscriminate fire on him and fled, said Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur. He sustained 11 bullet wounds and was transported to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi. He was shifted to the operation theatre and died within half an hour, according to police surgeon Dr Qarar Ahmed Abbasi. 11 hits? Doesn't sound indiscriminate to me, but what do I know? "It appeared to be a assassination incident," the Malir SSP told Dawn. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... the senior officer ruled out the possibility of a sectarian motive being behind the murder. He pointed out that the dear departed was a prayer leader (khateeb) of the mosque belonging to the Ahle Hadees school of thought. SSP Bahadur believed that there was no history of targeting Ahle Hadees followers on sectarian grounds. The victim’s father is also a khateeb of the same mosque. Police Sherlocks collected 11 spent bullet casings from the scene of the crime and sent to the police’s forensic science lab to ascertain as to whether the same weapon was used in previous murder cases. The Malir SSP said that the Sherlocks have ’some clues’ about the possible motive of the murder and are working on it. He did not elaborate. "We suspect that somebody was resentful because he was holier than they were, so they bumped him off." |
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