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Religious scholar gunned down

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

Angry supporters of the slain Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, protest in Karachi, on Sunday. Unidentified gunmen shot dead the senior pro-Taliban cleric, sparking riots across the city by thousands of his supporters. — AP

ISLAMABAD, MAY 30 . In what is believed to be a sectarian attack, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, Sunni religious scholar, was gunned down today in Karachi.

There were disturbances in different parts of the city due to the incident which took place in the morning when Maulana Shamza was coming out of his residence near Jamia mosque, Binnori Town. According to police, he was in a double cabin vehicle when 8 to 10 unidentified men opened fire leaving him seriously injured. He died in hospital. His son, Saleemuddin, guard and drivers also sustained injuries.

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