Posted on 05/29/2004 10:56:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen riding in two cars and a motorcycle opened fire on a pick up truck carrying a senior Sunni Muslim cleric in this violence-prone city Sunday, killing him and wounding four other people, police said. The cleric - Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai - died of gunshot wounds in a nearby hospital. He was attacked while he was driving to an Islamic seminary that he headed in an eastern Karachi neighborhood, said Fayyaz Qureshi, a Karachi police official.
A body guard of Shamzai returned fire wounding one of the six attackers, Qureshi said, quoting witnesses.
Among the four people who were injured in the attack on Shamzai was one of his sons, a nephew, his driver and two body guards, Qureshi said. None of them were listed to be seriously hurt.
Shamzai, who was in his 70s, headed Jamia Islamia Binor Town, where thousands of students get Islamic education.
His killing is likely to spark violence by his supporters.
No one was arrested for the attack on Shamzai and there was no claim of responsibility for involvement.
Karachi - Pakistan's largest city of 14 million people and the country's commercial center - has been the scene of sectarian violence and attacks on westerners in recent past.
Much of the violence is blamed on Islamic militants, who have been angered by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to ally with the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan.
AP-ES-05-30-04 0045EDT
Sunna or later, Shi'ite happens!
Much of the violence is blamed on Islamic militants
Wow, that's some real news. Let's now turn to page two.
So true.
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