KARACHI, Pakistan (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A 60-year-old Shi'a man and his 25-year-old daughter were martyred and his wife and another daughter injured in an attack by Sipah-e-Sahabah militants in Surjani Town on Sunday, police said.
Syed Kazim Shah was standing outside his home in Khuda Ki Basti along with his family members when gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on them. The wounded family was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced Kazim Shah and his daughter Neha Fatima as dead on arrival. His wife Naeema and nine-year-old daughter Rida were admitted for treatment.
Kazim Shah was the ‘permit-holder’ of Muharram processions in the area which witnessed tension almost every year, SSP Irfan Baloch said, adding that Kazim had received threat from Takfiri militants.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen said that Kazim Shah was caretaker of Dar-i-Batool Imambargah in Surjani Town.
He said the victim was travelling in a car with his family when they came under fire.
Tension prevailed in the area after the incident.
Meanwhile On August 05, a Shia family was also attacked by takfir terrorists of ASWJ in Liaquatabad F.C area, Karachi, where Muhammad Ashraf-50, and his nephew Hameed Hussain-35 were killed.
Pro-Taliban terrorists have killed thousands of innocent Shiite Muslims across the country, but government, judiciary and law enforcement agencies have failed to protect the citizens and have taken no step to stop ongoing genocide of Shiite Muslims in Pakistan.
The terrorist groups have launched a violent campaign against Shia Muslims and appear to have widened their terror campaign in major Pakistani cities.
According to local sources, militants affiliated to Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist groups have killed thousands of Shia Muslims in the country.
The killing of Shias in Pakistan has caused international outrage, with rights groups and regional countries expressing concern over the ongoing deadly violence against the Shia community, which reportedly makes up about a third of Pakistan’s population of over 180 million.
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