Date : February 25, 1995
Location : Karachi
Casualties :6
Gender : male ,
On February 25, 1995, militants from Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, a radical organization opposing Shi’a Muslims from the Deobandi sect, attacked the Shi’a Muslim mosque ‘Mehfil-i-Abu l Fazal Al-Abbas’ in PIB colony, Karachi. They fired upon Shi’a Muslims during the morning prayer, resulting in six deaths and 16 severe injuries.
Sources:
1-‘Secterian Killings in Karachi -1995-2004’ Study by Zulifiqar Ali Shah, Published by HRCP,Karachi’
2- Data of Shaheed Foundation
3: Daily Jang Karachi, February 26, 1995
4- Annual Report1995, Published by Tehreek-i-Jaffaria
5- Shuhda-i-Millat-i-Jaffaria, p.446, Published by Shi’a Ulema Council Sindh, 1st.Ed2009