Shia Genocide Events
Karachi, May 29, 2005: Suicide-Bombing and attack on Imambargah/Mosque Madinatul Ilm
Date : May 29, 2005
Location : Karachi
Casualties :3
Gender : male ,
Narrative of the Event
On May 29, 2005, two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a Shi’a mosque (Imambargah Madinatul Ilm) in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Karachi. Two terrorists and three Shi’a Muslim worshipers were among the killed, and 30 were wounded.
Police and witnesses said a suicide bomber and his three accomplices had been intercepted at the main gate of the mosque by security guards, but the bomber succeeded in entering the building. He was intercepted by a worshipper on the veranda while others were offering prayers. The man started firing indiscriminately, but the worshipper overpowered him. Seconds later, the bomber blew himself up on the veranda, some 10 feet from the inner gate of the mosque’s building. At least 150 worshippers were offering prayers at that time, the witnesses said.
A witness named Ali said, “We were offering prayers when we heard the sound of gunshots. We broke off prayers and saw a man in veranda firing indiscriminately. A worshipper tried to stop him, but he blew himself up. The explosion was quite powerful. Had he blown himself up inside the building, casualties would have been higher.
Sources:
1-https://www.dawn.com/news/141527/five-killed-in-attack-on-karachi-mosque
2-https://www.geocities.ws/sipahisahaba/2005/30052005.htm
3-Daily Jang Karachi May 31, 2005
4: Shuhada-e-Millat-e-Jafferia Karachi, by Hassan Murtaza, p. 539 Published by Shia Ulema Council Sindh, 2009
5-Data of Shia Genocide by Shaheed Foundation Pakistan
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