Babusar killings Sunnis refused to identify Shias in front of terrorists

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Babusar killings Sunnis refused to identify Shias in front of terrorists

SKARDU: Bodies of three, out of the twenty-two who were slaughtered at Babusar, were brought from the site of the carnage to Skardu and buried amid immense sorrow and grief.

The funeral prayer, led by leading religious leader Sheikh Hasan Jafri, was attended by about 50,000 people.

In his address on the occasion, Sheikh Hasan Jafri said that this is a heinous crime committed by terrorists as no sect allows such a despicable act. He said that these terrorists are not Muslims, let alone they belong to any sect. He urged the people to follow the true spirit of Islam and remain calm and restrained.

Those buried were identified as Hamid, Qari Hanif and Shabbir Husain.

According to an eye witnesses of the horrific incident, on August 16 some buses on way from Rawalpindi to Astore were intercepted at Babusar by about 14 terrorists wearing commando uniforms and carrying walkie-talkies while dozens of their fellow terrorists stood on the nearby hills.

They ordered the passengers to step down and started enquiring about their sect.

Those who belonged to Shia sect were taken aside and later shot dead in cold blood.

The total killed were 22, including four Sunni Muslims, who protested and pressed the terrorists not to kill innocent Shia Muslims.

One Sajjad who luckily saved his life said that fellow Sunni passengers did a good job by saving many lives otherwise all Shias would have been brutally murdered.

The terrorists even beat Sunni passengers and forced them to help in identifying Shias so that they could kill them.

In spite of that, the Sunnis did not cooperate with them, he added.

The same tactics were used in Kohistan in March in which a Gilgit bound bus was intercepted and 18 Shia passengers were slaughtered by terrorists wearing army uniforms.

Thirteen of those killed in the latest incident belong to Astore, three to Skardu,

two to Karachi, and one to Gujar Khan in the Punjab and three to Gilgit.

The Ulema of Gilgit, Baltistan and from all schools of thought condemned the incident and termed it a heinous crime and declared that terrorists are not Muslim, rather they are anti Muslim and anti-Islam.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-127320-Babusar-killings-Sunnis-refused-to-identify-Shias-in-front-of-terrorists

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http://tribune.com.pk/story/423256/19-pulled-off-buses-shot-dead-in-sectarian-hit/

19 pulled off buses, shot dead in sectarian hit

Over a dozen gunmen forced 19 Shia passengers off four buses and shot them at point blank range in the Mansehra district on Thursday, breaking the fragile peace in the region and marking the third such incident in six months.

The ambush took place as the buses, en route to Rawalpindi from Gilgit with over 100 passengers onboard, were stopped at dawn in the Lulusar area, which lies below mountains, the director of police in Gilgit, Ali Sher said.
The passengers, over 20 of whom were Shia Muslims, made a short pit stop at a local hotel in Kaghan during Sehri before resuming their journey. However, some 22 kilometres from Naran, the buses reached a deserted area locally known as ‘Thanda Pani’ near Babusar Top, where the road had been blocked with heavy stones and wooden logs.
“No sooner than the driver applied the brakes, over a dozen armed men in military uniform appeared from the bushes and forced their entry into the buses,” a police officer quoted one of the van drivers as saying, adding that assailants appeared to be Pushto and Kohistani-speaking.
Officials said the gunmen wearing army uniforms checked the identification cards of the passengers, lined up the Shia passengers on the roadside, tied their hands and then opened fire on them. The assailants left moments later after ensuring that none of the victims were still alive.
Later on in the day, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Khyber Agency chapter spokesman Muhammed Afridi claimed responsibility for the grisly attack, saying the Pakistani Taliban would continue to target the Shia community in the future.
According to Kaghan police, a driver had informed them about the incident around 10am, springing senior officials into action. The injured were taken to different hospitals of Mansehra district.
“We were told that there were over 40 attackers and they came from Neelam Valley and went back on the same road they came from, on foot,” said Hazara commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai.
“All the victims died on the spot,” the commissioner said, adding that 18 of the bodies had been identified while one was beyond recognition.
Sectarian violence in G-B has seen a dramatic rise in the past year. On February 28, gunmen in military fatigues hauled 18 Shia Muslim men off buses travelling from Rawalpindi to Gilgit in the northern district of Kohistan, shooting them dead in cold blood.
On April 3, a mob dragged nine Shia Muslims from buses and also shot them dead in the town of Chilas, about 97 km south of Gilgit.
G-B closes key road; security on high alert
The efforts to forge sectarian harmony in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) received a serious blow on Thursday after the deadly ambush of passenger vans in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
“We have placed security on high alert as a precautionary measure, even though the incident hasn’t taken place inside G-B’s limits,” DIG Ali Sher told The Express Tribune.
Fear and panic gripped the region as markets were shuttered soon after the news spread.
Deputy Commissioner Astore Momin Jan told The Express Tribune that they were in the middle of collecting details. “This is really unfortunate but we expect our clergy to cooperate with the government in maintaining peace,” he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by GB Chief Minister Mehdi Shah was convened in Gilgit to discuss the security plan crafted two weeks ago after a roadside remote control device ripped through a passenger van.
“One of the decisions taken in the meeting was to suspend traffic temporarily on the Babusar road between Gilgit and Rawalpindi,” said an official who attended the meeting.
The chief minister held another separate but crucial meeting with the members of the Masjid Board to discuss the possible fallout of the incident.
Earlier this week, four religious parties in GB – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), Jamat-e-Islami (JI) and Shia Ulema Council (SUC) – had joined hands to promote sectarian harmony in the region. (With additional reporting by Shabbir Mir from Gilgit)

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Babusar killings Sunnis refused to identify Shias in front of terrorists

SKARDU: Bodies of three, out of the twenty-two who were slaughtered at Babusar, were brought from the site of the carnage to Skardu and buried amid immense sorrow and grief.

The funeral prayer, led by leading religious leader Sheikh Hasan Jafri, was attended by about 50,000 people.

In his address on the occasion, Sheikh Hasan Jafri said that this is a heinous crime committed by terrorists as no sect allows such a despicable act. He said that these terrorists are not Muslims, let alone they belong to any sect. He urged the people to follow the true spirit of Islam and remain calm and restrained.

Those buried were identified as Hamid, Qari Hanif and Shabbir Husain.

According to an eye witnesses of the horrific incident, on August 16 some buses on way from Rawalpindi to Astore were intercepted at Babusar by about 14 terrorists wearing commando uniforms and carrying walkie-talkies while dozens of their fellow terrorists stood on the nearby hills.

They ordered the passengers to step down and started enquiring about their sect.

Those who belonged to Shia sect were taken aside and later shot dead in cold blood.

The total killed were 22, including four Sunni Muslims, who protested and pressed the terrorists not to kill innocent Shia Muslims.

One Sajjad who luckily saved his life said that fellow Sunni passengers did a good job by saving many lives otherwise all Shias would have been brutally murdered.

The terrorists even beat Sunni passengers and forced them to help in identifying Shias so that they could kill them.

In spite of that, the Sunnis did not cooperate with them, he added.

The same tactics were used in Kohistan in March in which a Gilgit bound bus was intercepted and 18 Shia passengers were slaughtered by terrorists wearing army uniforms.

Thirteen of those killed in the latest incident belong to Astore, three to Skardu,

two to Karachi, and one to Gujar Khan in the Punjab and three to Gilgit.

The Ulema of Gilgit, Baltistan and from all schools of thought condemned the incident and termed it a heinous crime and declared that terrorists are not Muslim, rather they are anti Muslim and anti-Islam.

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Those four men are the TRUE Mujahideen God Bless them. The coward Taliban will be destroyed and sent to hell soon Insha Allah.

[Toramana]

This is unfortunate. Pashtuns are so much in the news on the war on terror that when anything anywhere happen, Pashtuns are perceived to be involved. In the region where this incident happened, there are Kohistanis (Pashai speaking) living. Moreover, Hazara itself is heavily setarianized with strong presence of Sipah-i-Sahaba, a sectarian terrorist outfit. It should be remembered that Sipah-i-Sahabi basically has origin and domination in Punjab.

[Toramana]

Common Muslims which constitute the majority of Muslims 98% I would say don't have any sectarian or extremist tendencies---this is only an extremist fringe that is involved in sectarianism.

[Karachi]

This is very good news, this shows there is hope for Sunni/Shia peace.

The extremist _astards need to be wiped out of the face of earth

[abassinafghan]

if its up to me i dont cry a single tear for them , let them have their civil war . maybe people will then realize , what is going wrong in this country of kufr .