Senior pro-Taliban cleric killed in Karachi

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Sunday 30 May 2004, 12:48 Makka Time, 9:48 GMT


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Armed men riding in two cars and a motorcycle shot and killed a senior Sunni Muslim cleric in violence-prone Karachi.




Mufti Nizam al-Din Shamzai, who called for a "jihad" against the US after the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and his three sons were wounded on Sunday outside the mosque he oversaw, said police official Fayiz Qurashi.

Shamzai's bodyguard returned fire and wounded one of the six attackers, Qurashi said, quoting witnesses.

"He has expired," said a source at the hospital to which Shamzai and his sons were taken.

"We

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1. Karachi violence widens

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President Pervez Musharraf was planning urgent measures yesterday to combat violence in Pakistan's largest city after a fifth bloody attack in a month left 19 people dead.

"He will make some important decision that can protect and save the lives of people and address the law-and-order situation," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said, adding that he expected such an announcement in the next few days.

A blast by a suspected suicide bomber killed 19 worshippers during evening prayers at a Shiite Muslim mosque Monday. Over 15,000 police and paramilitary troops were already guarding Shiite centers and other sensitive areas following the murder of a senior Sunni cleric a day earlier.

"We suspect it's a suicide attack," senior police investigator Manzoor Mughal said.

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