PAKISTAN'S SHIA GENOCIDE:Two Shiites Shot Martyred In Quetta

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At least two Shiite Muslims were shot martyred by state sponsored terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhagvi at Quetta’s Saryab Road Youif Terminal stop after they were pulled out from a bus of Al-Taqiq Musafir Coach on Saturday, The Shia Post reported.

The terrorists belonging to Ramzan Mengal group killed the two Shiites of Hazara community after their identification. Bodies of both martyrs were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH)l, latter were also shifted to Imambargah Nichari. Both martyrs were identified Najeebullah aged 32 years and Jumma Khan aged 55 years. Jumma Khan was grandfather of Muhammad Nabi.

Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police Sariab Road said that armed militants singled out two members of Shia community from a passenger bus and opened fire on them from a very close range. He said one person was killed on the spot while the other succumbed to his wounds on his way to hospital. The attackers sped away on their motorcycles after the firing.

“The incident as an act of targeted killing,” Qureshi said. The passenger bus was preparing to leave for Karachi when intercepted by militants, he added.

The new killings came as Pakistanis laid to rest Ghulam Haider, a Shia Muslim doctor shot dead by unknown gunmen while on his way home in the port city of Karachi on Friday.

In a similar act of violence on April 10, two Shia Muslim doctors, identified as Qasim Abbas and Haider Raza, as well as Shia lawyer Waqar Shah and a young man were assassinated by unknown attackers in Karachi.

Pro-Taliban militants target Shia Muslims in Pakistan on a regular basis, attacking doctors and lawyers as well as religious gatherings.

The country’s Shia leaders blame the government for failing to provide security for the Muslim minority. Islamabad has also come under fire by Human Rights Watch. The New York-based group has urged Pakistan to hold accountable those responsible for ordering and participating in the deadly attacks on Shias.