Karachi shooting: Three Ahmadis survive gun attack
Police not sure whether it was a targeted attack or attempted robbery
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KARACHI:
Three members of the Ahmadiyya community survived a gun attack in the metropolis Sunday night.
Saleem Rafaqat and his two nephews – Maaz Ahmad and Shahmir Ahmad – were returning home in Block 6, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, after offering Isha prayers at a worship place when gunmen shot at them.
They were shifted to a local hospital where Rafaqat and Shahmir were admitted for treatment of their bullet wounds, while Maaz, who had only suffered an abrasion after a bullet grazed his head, was discharged after first aid.
The police did not immediately register a case, saying they were waiting for the complainants to record their statements. “We are not sure whether it was a targeted attack or attempted robbery,” said Gulshan-e-Iqbal SHO Farooq Sanjrani. He added that while investigations were under way, the situation would clear once the victims recorded their statements.
However, the Ahmadiyya community in a statement called it a targeted attack.
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“The anti-Ahmadiyya community literature is continuously being published and distributed which endangers the lives of community members,” said Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan’s spokesperson Saleemuddin. He demanded the assailants be arrested immediately and punished according to the law.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 13th, 2015.
Three members of the Ahmadiyya community survived a gun attack in the metropolis Sunday night.
Saleem Rafaqat and his two nephews – Maaz Ahmad and Shahmir Ahmad – were returning home in Block 6, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, after offering Isha prayers at a worship place when gunmen shot at them.
They were shifted to a local hospital where Rafaqat and Shahmir were admitted for treatment of their bullet wounds, while Maaz, who had only suffered an abrasion after a bullet grazed his head, was discharged after first aid.
The police did not immediately register a case, saying they were waiting for the complainants to record their statements. “We are not sure whether it was a targeted attack or attempted robbery,” said Gulshan-e-Iqbal SHO Farooq Sanjrani. He added that while investigations were under way, the situation would clear once the victims recorded their statements.
However, the Ahmadiyya community in a statement called it a targeted attack.
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“The anti-Ahmadiyya community literature is continuously being published and distributed which endangers the lives of community members,” said Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan’s spokesperson Saleemuddin. He demanded the assailants be arrested immediately and punished according to the law.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 13th, 2015.