Shia Target Killing
Chiniot, December 31, 2012: Shia leader slain in procession attack.
Date : December 31, 2012
Location : Chiniot
Casualties :1
Gender : male ,
Narrative of the Event
The organizer of Shia religious activities and license holder for the main mourning processions in Chiniot, Malik Mukhtar Hussain, was allegedly targeted and killed by six armed men during a mourning procession that was underway on December 31, 2012.34-year-old Hussain owns a catering business and leaves behind a young son and a wife.The two teenagers, identified as Muazzam Ali, 16 and Zeeshan Ali, 17, came under fire because they were standing behind Hussain in the procession. Muazzam was put on a ventilator late last night owing to critical injuries he sustained in the chest and neck. Zeeshan was also injured by a bullet that pierced through his chest.Members of the Shia community of Chiniot told The Express Tribune that the attackers abandoned their bikes at the imambargah and managed to evade the police. They identified one of the attackers as Chauhdry Zulfiqar Jutt, a former Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan district-level leader. Jutt has a criminal record. In the month of Ramazan during August 2012, the founder of the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and now the Vice President of Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jammat, Malik Ishaq, visited a mosque in Chiniot, and an FIR was registered against him on charges of inciting hatred by delivering speeches that fueled sectarian tensions in the area.
Reference:
https://tribune.com.pk/story/487416/gunmen-kill-shia-leader-during-mourning-procession-in-chiniot
https://www.lubpak.com/archives/tag/shia-genocide-database
Shia genocide in Pakistan: Myth or Reality, author. Muhammad Aamir Hussaini, pages 420, published by Tameer-e-Pakistan Research Institute, Aks Publications Lahore.
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