Shia Muslim couple killed in Karachi - Pakistan (Pics)

KARACHI, Pakistan (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A devout Shia man along with his wife was slain in North Karachi on Monday.43-year-old Munir Hussain, son of Ashiq Hussain, along with his wife Razia Hussain, 40, was gunned down near Sanobar Cottage, North Karachi, within the jurisdiction of New Karachi police station. Both were on their way on a motorcycle when unidentified armed riders intercepted them and opened indiscriminate firing, resulting in both the victims dying instantly. The ferocious and merciless terrorists fired more than a dozen bullets upon Muneer Hussain and fired shots at the face of his wife. They embraced martyrdom for the fact that they were Shiites.Their bodies were taken to a hospital for autopsy and later handed over to their heirs.Their funeral prayers were offered at Khair-ul-Amal Imambargah in Ancholi Society, Federal B Area Block-20, which was attended by a large number of Shia Ulema, workers and family members. Both the victims were later laid to rest at Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard with deep sorrow. Muneer Hussain was incharge of an Imam Hussain mourning procession in Khuda Ki Basti Surjani Town and that procession was attacked earlier this month.Outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba that has renamed it as Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamaat, detest the azadari of Imam Hussain (AS) and martyrs of Karbala and its offshoot outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi publicly claimed responsibility for the genocide of Shia Muslims./129