Gunmen kill seven in attack on bus in Sindh

[Nitin Goyal]

KARACHI: Gunmen on Friday shot dead seven passengers on a bus in southern Pakistan and wounded three others in an attempted robbery, police said.

The attack took place on the highway near the town of Qazi Ahmad, nearly 200 miles northeast of Karachi.

“At least seven people were killed and three others were wounded in the bus firing,” senior police official Sanaullah Abbasi told AFP by telephone.

He said the bus was going from Karachi to Attock town in Punjab province.

Two men boarded the bus just before Qazi Ahmad and later asked the driver to stop. Two accomplices were waiting on motorbikes. They opened fire, then fled.

“We are investigating the incident and initially it appears to be a case of failed robbery,” he said.

Local police official Hashim Leghari also confirmed the shootings.

Pakistan suffers from a Taliban insurgency in its northwest, a separatist insurgency in the southwest and sectarian violence.

Gunmen kill seven in attack on bus in Sindh | DAWN.COM

 

[faizahmad]

It looks like a never ending situation in Karachi province ..heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their loved once

 

[Nitin Goyal]

another ethnic violence ? who is behind that heinous crime ?

 

[Dance]

It looks like a never ending situation in Karachi province ..heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their loved once

There is no such thing as a Karachi province.

Back to the topic:

Sindh has problems with robbery

another ethnic violence ? who is behind that heinous crime ?

Did you read the article you posted?


KARACHI: Gunmen on Friday shot dead seven passengers on a bus in southern Pakistan and wounded three others in an attempted robbery, police said.

Would this be a case of ethnic violence?


Man resists robbery bid, killed on bus - Indian Express

 

[Nitin Goyal]

Bus attack: 7 killed, 3 injured in Shaheed Benazirabad

SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD: At least seven people were killed and three were injured as unknown assailants opened fire inside a bus on Friday. The bus was on its way from Karachi to Swabi in Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa.
Around 50 passengers were on board when the bus came under attack on National Highway at Rinn Shakh, near Qazi Ahmed Taluka of Shaheed Benazirabad district.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sardar Khan Chandio said that the Sindhu Desh Liberation Army had claimed responsibility for the attack.
One body was shifted to Peoples Medical College Hospital in Shaheed Benazirabad district, while the remaining six were moved to Taluka Hospital, Qazi Ahmed.
The second driver of the bus, Lal Khan, told the media that a passenger had gotten on the bus from Sakrand. He had asked the driver to pull over at Rinn Shakh where his brother was waiting to get on the bus.
“When the bus stopped, four armed men got on the bus and opened fire and later fled on two motorbikes,” Khan said.
Five persons died on the spot, while two passed away at the hospital.
The deceased were identified as Haji Abdul Ghaffar Pathan (driver), Shahzad Hassan and Muhammad Makrab from Attock, Sameeullah Khan from Mianwali, Gulreb Khan from Swabi, Abdul Majeed and Arsalan Majeed from Taxila.
One deceased could not be identified, while Qair, Tahir Ali and Ameer Ali were among the injured.
According to eyewitnesses, the attackers raised slogans that they had taken revenge for an attack on the Awami Tehreek rally in Karachi.
Other eyewitnesses quoted that the assailants had said that the attack was revenge for the murder of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) leader Muzaffar Bhutto, whose body was found from Hyderabad after 15 months of his disappearance.
However, the bus cleaner, Nadeem Khan, said the attackers did not discriminate on if the victims were Sindhis or non-Sindhis. “They didn’t ask about anyone’s ethnicity. They climbed up and opened fire and fled while raising slogans.”
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police Hyderabad Sanaullah Abbassi, who reached the site of the attack, told the media that at least 25 bullet shells were seen around the bus.
“The attackers fired inside and from outside the bus.”
The DIG said the police could not say whether automatic weapons were used in the incident as the shells were still being collected.
The passengers who escaped the attack were shifted to a safe place, which the police authorities declined to reveal.

Bus attack: 7 killed, 3 injured in Shaheed Benazirabad – The Express Tribune

 

[muse]

Robbery or political violence, what does it matter, either way, these are signals that the questions facing the Pakistani state and nation, namely "Why Pakistan" and "What is Pakistan" need answering - either way, there is no way to avoid the blood shed - yet another instance in which the Pakistani state can either retreat or assert itself -- my guess, the Pakistani state will take the easier path or at least what it thinks is the easier path, retreat. All peoples get the kind of government they deserve.

 

[Dance]

Robbery or political violence, what does it matter.

If it is robbery, then that happens everywhere. Areas with weak law and order have these issues.

The second article shows that it is a terrorist attack and concern should be shown because this group is now becoming another BLA

 

[W.11]

KARACHI: Gunmen on Friday shot dead seven passengers on a bus in southern Pakistan and wounded three others in an attempted robbery, police said.

The attack took place on the highway near the town of Qazi Ahmad, nearly 200 miles northeast of Karachi.

“At least seven people were killed and three others were wounded in the bus firing,” senior police official Sanaullah Abbasi told AFP by telephone.

He said the bus was going from Karachi to Attock town in Punjab province.

Two men boarded the bus just before Qazi Ahmad and later asked the driver to stop. Two accomplices were waiting on motorbikes. They opened fire, then fled.

“We are investigating the incident and initially it appears to be a case of failed robbery,” he said.

Local police official Hashim Leghari also confirmed the shootings.

Pakistan suffers from a Taliban insurgency in its northwest, a separatist insurgency in the southwest and sectarian violence.

Gunmen kill seven in attack on bus in Sindh | DAWN.COM

calling a sindhi failed robbery a taliban insurgency, sectarian violance or separatist insurgency

 

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

This Sindhu Desh Liberation Army's name is coming up quite frequently.. I am afraid that the current situation in Karachi will soon deteriorate into a separatist movement..

 

[pak-marine]

Bus attack: 7 killed, 3 injured in Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah)

SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD: At least seven people were killed and three were injured as unknown assailants opened fire inside a bus on Friday. The bus was on its way from Karachi to Swabi in Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa.
Around 50 passengers were on board when the bus came under attack on National Highway at Rinn Shakh, near Qazi Ahmed Taluka of Shaheed Benazirabad district.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sardar Khan Chandio said that the Sindhu Desh Liberation Army had claimed responsibility for the attack.
One body was shifted to Peoples Medical College Hospital in Shaheed Benazirabad district, while the remaining six were moved to Taluka Hospital, Qazi Ahmed.
The second driver of the bus, Lal Khan, told the media that a passenger had gotten on the bus from Sakrand. He had asked the driver to pull over at Rinn Shakh where his brother was waiting to get on the bus.
“When the bus stopped, four armed men got on the bus and opened fire and later fled on two motorbikes,” Khan said.
Five persons died on the spot, while two passed away at the hospital.
The deceased were identified as Haji Abdul Ghaffar Pathan (driver), Shahzad Hassan and Muhammad Makrab from Attock, Sameeullah Khan from Mianwali, Gulreb Khan from Swabi, Abdul Majeed and Arsalan Majeed from Taxila.
One deceased could not be identified, while Qair, Tahir Ali and Ameer Ali were among the injured.
According to eyewitnesses, the attackers raised slogans that they had taken revenge for an attack on the Awami Tehreek rally in Karachi.
Other eyewitnesses quoted that the assailants had said that the attack was revenge for the murder of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) leader Muzaffar Bhutto, whose body was found from Hyderabad after 15 months of his disappearance.
However, the bus cleaner, Nadeem Khan, said the attackers did not discriminate on if the victims were Sindhis or non-Sindhis. “They didn’t ask about anyone’s ethnicity. They climbed up and opened fire and fled while raising slogans.”
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police Hyderabad Sanaullah Abbassi, who reached the site of the attack, told the media that at least 25 bullet shells were seen around the bus.
“The attackers fired inside and from outside the bus.”
The DIG said the police could not say whether automatic weapons were used in the incident as the shells were still being collected.
The passengers who escaped the attack were shifted to a safe place, which the police authorities declined to reveal.

Bus attack: 7 killed, 3 injured in Shaheed Benazirabad – The Express Tribune

 

[Dance]

This Sindhu Desh Liberation Army's name is coming up quite frequently.. I am afraid that the current situation in Karachi will soon deteriorate into a separatist movement..

Yeah people in Karachi are just waiting for savior india to come help them

 

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

Yeah people in Karachi are just waiting for savior india to come help them

India has nothing to do with this buddy.. Keep it out.. Its your own people

 

[W.11]

]India has nothing to do with this[/B] buddy.. Keep it out.. Its your own people

then why are you interested, GTFO

 

[Dance]

India has nothing to do with this buddy.. Keep it out.. Its your own people

There has never been a separatist movement in Karachi.

So if according to you: "India has nothing to do with this buddy"

Why are you commenting in this thread?

 

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

then why are you interested, GTFO

stop being a baby...

There has never been a separatist movement in Karachi.

So if according to you: "India has nothing to do with this buddy"

Why are you commenting in this thread?

Didnt know there was a rule of this type on this forum.. I see Pakistanis commenting on Indian news all the time..