Grenade attack Imambargah in Karachi

[pak-marine]

Grenade attack Imambargah in Karachi kills infant, injures eight
By Faraz Khan
Published: October 28, 2014

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KARACHI: A nine-month-old girl lost her life while eight others, including six women, were injured when a hand grenade was lobbed at the Islamic Research Centre (IRC) at Ayesha Manzil, Karachi on Tuesday evening.

Initial reports suggested that that unknown assailants riding on a motorcycle lobbed a grenade from the Ayesha Manzil flyover which overlooks the IRC and the adjoining Imambargah, before fleeing.

The grenade exploded near the gate of the Imambargah as a congregation ended, injuring nine people including women and a child. Witnesses said that a flock of women were gathered near the gate of the Imambargah when incident occurred.

The victims were shifted to different hospitals including Abbasi Shaheed Hospital andAga Khan University Hospital for treatment.

Though the police and doctors did not confirm any casualty till the filing of this report, Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen’s spokesperson Ali Ahmar claimed that a nine-month-old girl – who had arrived with her parents to attend the Majlis – had succumbed to her injuries during treatment at AKUH.

Experts from the bomb disposal squad along with a heavy contingent of police and Rangers reached the site soon after the incident. Officials said that the explosion was caused by a Russian-made hand grenade.

Gulberg DSP Ahmed Nawaz said that the attackers wanted to target participants of the Muharram congregation and they had hurled bomb from the adjoining flyover. He added that a long steel sheet had been placed on the side of the bridge as a safety mechanism and a permanent police mobile has also been deployed on the bridge for by Sense1" style="font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(102, 102, 153); outline: none; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; border: none !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; text-decoration: underline !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; width: auto !important;">SECURITY.

Following the blast, charged mob gathered on the Shahrah-e-Pakistan burnt tyers and blocked the road for traffic.

Protesters chanted slogans against the militant groups and also shouted against the law enforcement agencies.

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Another specticular attack by Islami brothers .. they kill minorities with full impunity

 

[Burhan Wani]

RIP little girl.
“Verily, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad peace be upon him) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe”. Quran Al-Baqara [2:6]

 

[Irfan Baloch]

the terrorists and their apologists must be feeling proud now.



real Zarb e Azab needs to happen in the urban cities and on those funding channels from the middle east that are fueling this ongoing mass carnage.

 

[Kambojaric]

the terrorists and their apologists must be feeling proud now.



real Zarb e Azab needs to happen in the urban cities and on those funding channels from the middle east that are fueling this ongoing mass carnage.

Agreed. It will hurt, but only by suffering this pain can we end the ongoing menace of extremism. RIP to the dead. Innalilahi wa inna ileyhi rajiun.

 

[Cheetah786]

There are ‘political’ groups who want the Constitution amended to declare Shias non-Muslims. Their militant wing, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), headed by Malik Ishaq who lives a normal life in Punjab, can kill 1,500 members of an ethno-sectarian minority, the Shia Hazaras, and have their ‘success story’ published in Pakistan’s major dailies without Pakistan’s media monitoring bodies noticing it. Their notorious target killers, Saifullah Kurd and Dawood Badini, can ‘disappear’ from within the high-security anti-terrorist jail within the ever-vigilant Quetta Cantonment.
Hazaras have often been targeted while travelling between their two neighbourhoods — actually two open-air prisons — Alamdar Road and Hazara Town, situated at either end of the small Quetta valley. Eyewitnesses have seen motorcyclists spray Hazara passengers with bullets, stand over their dead bodies, audaciously raising slogans and vowing to cleanse Pakistan of its Shias.

‘Notice’ taken by chief ministers, suo motu actions (which are anything but ‘action’) by chief justices, and condemnations by ever-condemning politicians, all deliberately and carefully avoid any mention of the notorious LJ. Only bureau chiefs take the name, because the group orders them to publish their statements claiming responsibility and pledging more attacks.

The ‘political’ group holds a massive jalsa in the heart of Quetta city, in the hockey ground on Zarghoon Road, minutes away from the governor and chief minister houses. Chowks across the city display colourful flags of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. As though this is another regular jalsa, the city walls are plastered with ‘Chalo chalo hockey ground chalo’ slogans and welcoming posters that local leaders Ramzan Mengal and Haji Rafiq want their president, Maulana Ludhianvi, to see and admire on his way to the venue. Then, when the jalsa is at its peak, they even go musical, singing ‘Jhangvi’ poems and celebrating the ‘double century’ they scored last year when 115 Hazara Shia were murdered on Jan 10, 2013 in twin blasts on Alamdar Road and another 116 were butchered on Feb 16, 2013 in Hazara Town.

After eight Hazara vegetable hawkers were shot dead by LJ last week, Dawn published an article by Mohammed Hanif which quotes the unofficial remarks of one of Quetta’s senior-most police officers. In this patriarchal society of ours where the traits of being weak and vulnerable are seen as feminine and hence worthy of ridicule, the officer is quoted as saying, “Hazaras, you know, are our ladla babies”. I can imagine the sarcastic smile on his face while attempting to act serious in front of a senior journalist.

Hanif Sahib, please tell that police officer from Quetta that all of Balochistan knows it is not the Hazaras who are the pampered babies, it is Lashkar-i-Jhangvi who are the pampered killers.

By Sajjad Hussain Changezi

 

[Irfan Baloch]

and then we blame Israel, American and Indians over their atrocities while continuing to the same or more to other human beings

 

[RAMPAGE]

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

 

[chauvunist]

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ...

After Zarb Azab the Urban cities need a major clean up operations to direct these savages to hell...

 

[Armstrong]

RIP !

What messed up ideology do these basterds follow ?

 

[Burhan Wani]

the terrorists and their apologists must be feeling proud now.



real Zarb e Azab needs to happen in the urban cities and on those funding channels from the middle east that are fueling this ongoing mass carnage.

Funding from the middle east.....? How?

There are ‘political’ groups who want the Constitution amended to declare Shias non-Muslims. Their militant wing, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), headed by Malik Ishaq who lives a normal life in Punjab, can kill 1,500 members of an ethno-sectarian minority, the Shia Hazaras, and have their ‘success story’ published in Pakistan’s major dailies without Pakistan’s media monitoring bodies noticing it. Their notorious target killers, Saifullah Kurd and Dawood Badini, can ‘disappear’ from within the high-security anti-terrorist jail within the ever-vigilant Quetta Cantonment.
Hazaras have often been targeted while travelling between their two neighbourhoods — actually two open-air prisons — Alamdar Road and Hazara Town, situated at either end of the small Quetta valley. Eyewitnesses have seen motorcyclists spray Hazara passengers with bullets, stand over their dead bodies, audaciously raising slogans and vowing to cleanse Pakistan of its Shias.

‘Notice’ taken by chief ministers, suo motu actions (which are anything but ‘action’) by chief justices, and condemnations by ever-condemning politicians, all deliberately and carefully avoid any mention of the notorious LJ. Only bureau chiefs take the name, because the group orders them to publish their statements claiming responsibility and pledging more attacks.

The ‘political’ group holds a massive jalsa in the heart of Quetta city, in the hockey ground on Zarghoon Road, minutes away from the governor and chief minister houses. Chowks across the city display colourful flags of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. As though this is another regular jalsa, the city walls are plastered with ‘Chalo chalo hockey ground chalo’ slogans and welcoming posters that local leaders Ramzan Mengal and Haji Rafiq want their president, Maulana Ludhianvi, to see and admire on his way to the venue. Then, when the jalsa is at its peak, they even go musical, singing ‘Jhangvi’ poems and celebrating the ‘double century’ they scored last year when 115 Hazara Shia were murdered on Jan 10, 2013 in twin blasts on Alamdar Road and another 116 were butchered on Feb 16, 2013 in Hazara Town.

After eight Hazara vegetable hawkers were shot dead by LJ last week, Dawn published an article by Mohammed Hanif which quotes the unofficial remarks of one of Quetta’s senior-most police officers. In this patriarchal society of ours where the traits of being weak and vulnerable are seen as feminine and hence worthy of ridicule, the officer is quoted as saying, “Hazaras, you know, are our ladla babies”. I can imagine the sarcastic smile on his face while attempting to act serious in front of a senior journalist.

Hanif Sahib, please tell that police officer from Quetta that all of Balochistan knows it is not the Hazaras who are the pampered babies, it is Lashkar-i-Jhangvi who are the pampered killers.

By Sajjad Hussain Changezi

Better information.But who founded LeJ and SSP?

 

[CENTCOM]

My condolences to the victims' families, and I hope the culprits are caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Ali Khan
Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM

 

[Parul]

Rest In Peace!