Shia Target Killing

Rawalpindi, January 8, 2014: Shia Scholar survives gun attack

Date : January 8, 2014

Location : Rawalpindi

Gender : male ,

Narrative of the Event

Rawalpindi: A Shia scholar was shot and injured on Wednesday morning as he headed to his workplace.

Police said two gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Maulana Nazeer Hussain Imrani, 50, who was going to the Government Jamia Comprehensive High School after dropping his daughter at her college.

Mr. Imrani taught Arabic and Islamic Studies and was the custodian of the Imambargah Qasr-i-Sajjad in Sadiqabad locality. He was going to the government school in the capacity of controller examination when the gunmen fired at his motorcycle on Farooq-i-Azam Road.

References:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/656686/sectarian-attack-schoolteacher-shot-injured

https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/database/Shias_killed_Pakistan.htm

https://www.dawn.com/news/1079325/religious-scholar-survives-gun-attack

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