The Hindu : Supporters of slain Pak. leader go on the rampage

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Wednesday, Oct 08, 2003

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Supporters of slain Pak. leader go on the rampage

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD OCT. 7. At least one person was killed here as followers of the slain sectarian leader, Azam Tariq, went on the rampage after funeral prayers. A cinema theatre was burnt down here and several shops and vehicles were gutted. There were reports of sporadic incidents of violence and tension from different parts of the country.

Tariq headed the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba. The organisation was banned along with other militant groups early last year when the President, Pervez Musharraf, launched a crackdown on Islamic extremists. However, Tariq floated another outfit and later became a member of the National Assembly contesting the election from jail. He was killed along with four others as unidentified men opened fire at their car on the outskirts of the national capital.

The killing was an embarrassment to the Pervez Musharraf-Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali Government as it took place when the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, was in town. The sequence of events leading to the attack is still not clear as there does not appear to be many eye-witnesses.

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