Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Pakistan: Targeted attack | Elderly Ahmadi man killed, grandson injured, outside relative’s house

The Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Rabwah condemned the killing in a press statement asserting that Arain was murdered because of his religious beliefs.

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune | Edited
By Z Ali | February 29, 2012

HYDERABAD: An 80-year-old Ahmadi man, identified as Chaudhry Akram Arain, was shot dead and his grandson, 18-year-old Muneeb Ahmad, was injured, near a relative’s house in Shaheed Benazirabad on Wednesday.

According to Iqbal Arain, Akram’s nephew, both men were on their way to Akram’s son-in-law’s shop when they were ambushed by two motorcyclists in Camp Two area of the district.

DSP Aijaz Memon said that they were looking into a possible motive for the attack but have so far ruled out a personal enmity. It follows a pattern of similar attacks against Ahmadis.

Akram had returned three months ago on a visit from Australia where the family had migrated to in 2001. His son and a daughter still lived in Shaheed Benazirabad.

The Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Rabwah condemned the killing in a press statement asserting that Arain was murdered because of his religious beliefs.


 -- Slightly edited by Ahmadiyya Times


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