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7 people shot dead in Quetta
* Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility, threatens more attacks against Shia community
* HDP protests against killings
Staff Report
QUETTA: At least seven people, including a passerby girl, were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries in a targeted attack near Killi Kamalo, on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Wednesday, police said.
Police termed the incident as sectarian killing and have started investigating it.
The banned religious outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack and a spokesman of the group, Ali Sher Hadri, said they would carry out such attacks in the future as well against the Shia community
The victims were mostly vendors who were on their way to the market from the Sabzi Mandi to sell their vegetables in a van when a group of heavily armed men opened fire on them killing six people on the spot while injuring seven others.
“The attackers had already taken positions at a vantage point and ambushed the vehicle as it came in range,” said Head Mohrar Muhammad Kashif of Shal Kot Police Station.
However, later he confirmed that out of the seven injured, a minor girl Tahira, succumbed to her injuries in hospital.
“All the victims belonged to the Shia community and it is a case of sectarian target killing,” a police official said. A case has been registered against the unidentified people.
Separately, the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) staged a demonstration in front of the Quetta Press Club to protest against the killings. The protesters were carrying placards inscribed with slogans against the government for its failure to protect the life of innocent people.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...9-5-2011_pg1_2
* Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility, threatens more attacks against Shia community
* HDP protests against killings
Staff Report
QUETTA: At least seven people, including a passerby girl, were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries in a targeted attack near Killi Kamalo, on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Wednesday, police said.
Police termed the incident as sectarian killing and have started investigating it.
The banned religious outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack and a spokesman of the group, Ali Sher Hadri, said they would carry out such attacks in the future as well against the Shia community
The victims were mostly vendors who were on their way to the market from the Sabzi Mandi to sell their vegetables in a van when a group of heavily armed men opened fire on them killing six people on the spot while injuring seven others.
“The attackers had already taken positions at a vantage point and ambushed the vehicle as it came in range,” said Head Mohrar Muhammad Kashif of Shal Kot Police Station.
However, later he confirmed that out of the seven injured, a minor girl Tahira, succumbed to her injuries in hospital.
“All the victims belonged to the Shia community and it is a case of sectarian target killing,” a police official said. A case has been registered against the unidentified people.
Separately, the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) staged a demonstration in front of the Quetta Press Club to protest against the killings. The protesters were carrying placards inscribed with slogans against the government for its failure to protect the life of innocent people.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...9-5-2011_pg1_2
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