On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Syed Safdar Rizvi, custodian of Imambargah ‘Azakhana Sughra’ was gunned down near Imambargah ‘Azakhana Sughra’ and Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in Zaman Town, Korangi district of Karachi division, Sindh.
“On Tuesday, unidentified armed motorcyclists shot a man in the head near Imambargah, seriously injuring him.He was shifted to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Later the deceased person was identified as Syed Safdar Rizvi, the custodian of a Imambargah ‘Azakhana Sughra’ situated in Zaman Town, Korangi 3, Landhi’, Spokesperson of Sindh Police Karachi said,
“It appears to be a robbery incident but it may be sectarian target killing. It is difficult to say anything with absolute certainty”, the Police spokesman added more.
“This is not a robbery incident but a Shia target killing. Syed Safdar Rizvi alias Safdar Shahjee was killed because of his Shia Identity. Before five days of the said incident, Azhar Hussain Rizvi, son of the deceased Safdar Shahjee was gunned down in a similar way. We condemn both incidents of Shia target killing and ask the Sindh government for taking notice of the killing of two Shia Muslims just within a week”, Said Syed Shahid Hussain Zaidi, General Secretary of Saadat Welfare Association Karachi.
“It seems that perpetrators of Shia target killings have changed their modus operandi. Authorities of law enforcement agencies to save their skins and to hide their incompetence are defining the killing of two Shia Muslims in separate incidents as robbery incidents. We reject the Police position over these two incidents’ ‘, said Syed Rizwan Rizvi, district President of MWM of District Korangi in Karachi Division.
Allama Sadiq Jaffari, President of MWM Karachi division and other divisional leaders of MWM arrived at the hospital, condoled with family members of the deceased Syed Safdar Rizvi and they suspected those incidents to be Shia target killings.
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