Pakistan: Five Ahmadis shot in two separate incidents five hundred miles apart, injuries, fatality reported

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Reportedly there had been four major incidents of attacks against Ahmadis after Islamabad High Court’s March 8 judgement against Ahmadis.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Daily Times
By Web Desk Report | July 9, 2018

Five Ahmadi citizens of Pakistan were shot and injured in two separate incidents of hate crime on Saturday.

In Jaranwala, Punjab, an Ahmadi couple was shot and injured by two identified gunmen who broke into the house in Abu Zar Colony.

In his complaint to the police, Ziaudin, 41, a gold jeweler, said that he was home with his wife and son when two assailants broke in while a third man stood guard at the main door. He said his wife suffered a bullet injury in her thigh as the attackers opened fire.

In another incident reported from Karachi’s Korangi Industrial Area late night on Saturday, robbers entered the office of Zafarulah, 25. Zafarullah, with the help of Nasrullah, 20, and Mubeen Ahmad, 20, overpowered one of the robbers, while the other accomplice opened fire. All three men were injured in the attack. They were shifted to a hospital where there condition was stated to be critical.

Mubeen Ahmad succumbed to his injuries and died in the hospital, it was separately reported later by the Ahmadiyya community. (AT/TOA).

Talking to Daily Times, Jamat-e-Ahmadia spokesperson Saleemudin said there had been four major incidents of attacks against Ahmadis after Islamabad High Court’s March 8 judgement against Ahmadis. On March 24, a historic place of worship of the community was attacked and demolished in Sialkot. Then on June 27, an Ahmadi was shot and killed in Nishtar Colony area of Lahore. The deceased left behind three disabled children. He demanded authorities concerned to ensure security of the persecuted minority community. “Being Pakistani citizens, protection to lives and businesses is our basic rights,” he said.

Weather the killing were motivated by the victim's faith, has not been clearly established as of this report (AT/TOA).

[Edited by AT/TOA.]


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