Shia Target Killing
Karachi, January 29, 2002: One Shi’a Muslim shot dead, other wounded
Date : January 29, 2002
Location : Karachi
Casualties :1
Gender : male ,
Narrative of the Event
On January 29, 2002, an elderly man was shot dead and his friend injured in an ambush at the Defense Housing Authority on Tuesday night.
“Police said Syed Jawwad Ali, aged 60, and Syed Zamarud Husain Jafri, aged 55, were returning in a car (AB-8036) after offering Maghrebain prayers in Masjid-o-Imambargah Baqiatullah on Khayaban-i-Sahar in DHA, when two unidentified men, riding on a motorcycle, opened fire on their car.” Daily Dawn Karachi reported
Both the injured men were rushed to Mideast Hospital, where Syed Jawwad Ali died. Syed Zamarud Husain Jafri was admitted to the hospital.
A close relative of the victim said Jawad Ali and Zamarud Husain were a few yards from his Sea View residence when they were attacked. Usually, he walks to the Imambargah, but today he went in a car, he added.
Sources at the JPMC said Jawwad Ali received a bullet in his face, which pierced through his head. A senior police official said it was too early to ascertain the motive behind the killing, but sectarianism could not be ruled out.
Sources:
1-Daily Dawn Karachi, January 30, 2002
2-Shujhda-e-Millat-e-Jaffaria Karachi, by Hassan Murtaza, P.509, Published by Shia Ulema Council Sindh
3-Data of Shaheed Foundation
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