Friday, September 7, 2012

Pakistan: Ahmadi school teacher gunned down in target killing


According to a spokesperson from the Ahmadi community, Ghaffar was the father of four children and had worked at the school for 15 years. 

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By ET Correspondent | September 7, 2012

Thirty-six-year-old Abdul Ghaffar, a government school teacher and resident of Saeedabad, was gunned down in Lyari, said the Chakiwara police. He was taken to Civil Hospital, Karachi. They said that Ghaffar, an Ahmadi, was shot dead on his way home from work by two men on a motorcycle.

According to a spokesperson from the Ahmadi community, Ghaffar was the father of four children and had worked at the school for 15 years.

“It was a targeted attack,” he said while talking to The Express Tribune.

“We have told all our community members to be careful but no precaution seems to be enough.”

He added that this was this was the second time such an incident had taken place in two months.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2012.



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