Shia Target Killing

Peshawar, November 23, 2000: Murder of Tehrik Jafaria Pakistan Secretary-General

Date : November 23, 2000

Location : Peshawar

Casualties :1

Gender : male ,

Narrative of the Event

On Thursday, November 23, 2000, Anwar Ali Akhunzada, the Secretary-General of Tehrik Jafaria Pakistan, was fatally shot on Church Road within the Kohati Gate in Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.

Eyewitnesses said Mr. Akhunzada, who was also in charge of the TJP’s political cell, was going to his internet club when an unidentified man (later identified as members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi), who along with an accomplice was waiting for him (Akhunzada), fired four times at him, killing him on the spot.

 

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  • Daily Frontier Post Peshawar, November 24, 2000

 

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