Pakistani police widen manhunt, day after killing of priest

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Pakistani police widen manhunt a day after priest's killing

Pakistani police have widened their manhunt for two unidentified assailants who shot and killed a Christian priest and wounded another the previous day in the northwestern city of Peshawar

abcnews.go.com

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistani police said they widened their manhunt Monday, searching for two unidentified assailants who shot and killed a Christian priest and wounded another the previous day in the country's northwest.

Father William Siraj, 75, was killed while on his way home after attending Sunday Mass in the city of Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. One of his traveling companions, Father Naeem Patrick, was wounded while a third priest was unharmed in the attack.

The attackers fled the scene. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing.

Police official Javed Khan said an investigation was underway, taking into account all possibilities. The provincial police chief, Moazzam Jah Ansari, ordered police investigators to utilize the latest technology and all available resources to ensure the arrest of the perpetrators.

Christians are a tiny minority in this predominantly Sunni Muslim country, where about half are members of the Church of Pakistan, a Protestant church. The other half are mostly Catholic. Militants in Pakistan have targeted Christians several times in recent years.

Overall, militant attacks have increased across Pakistan since the Pakistani Taliban ended a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad last month. The Pakistani Taliban, also known as TTP, have become emboldened by the Afghan Taliban’s sweep to power in the neighboring country in mid-August.

Pakistan's most senior clergyman, Bishop Azad Marshall, condemned the attack on Twitter and demanded protection for Christians. “We demand justice and protection of Christians from the Government of Pakistan," he wrote following the attack.

Additional policemen were deployed around Peshawar’s All Saints Church, where a memorial service for Father Siraj was to be held later on Monday. The church was brutally attacked by militants with bombs and gunfire in 2013. Over 70 worshippers were killed and 100 were wounded in that attack, one of Pakistan's worst targeting Christians.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's special adviser on religious affairs and religious harmony, Tahir Ashrafi, offered assurances on Twitter, telling Pakistani Christians that the attackers would be apprehended.

 

[Longhorn]

Pakistani police widen manhunt a day after priest's killing

Pakistani police have widened their manhunt for two unidentified assailants who shot and killed a Christian priest and wounded another the previous day in the northwestern city of Peshawar

abcnews.go.com

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistani police said they widened their manhunt Monday, searching for two unidentified assailants who shot and killed a Christian priest and wounded another the previous day in the country's northwest.

Father William Siraj, 75, was killed while on his way home after attending Sunday Mass in the city of Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. One of his traveling companions, Father Naeem Patrick, was wounded while a third priest was unharmed in the attack.

The attackers fled the scene. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing.

Police official Javed Khan said an investigation was underway, taking into account all possibilities. The provincial police chief, Moazzam Jah Ansari, ordered police investigators to utilize the latest technology and all available resources to ensure the arrest of the perpetrators.

Christians are a tiny minority in this predominantly Sunni Muslim country, where about half are members of the Church of Pakistan, a Protestant church. The other half are mostly Catholic. Militants in Pakistan have targeted Christians several times in recent years.

Overall, militant attacks have increased across Pakistan since the Pakistani Taliban ended a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad last month. The Pakistani Taliban, also known as TTP, have become emboldened by the Afghan Taliban’s sweep to power in the neighboring country in mid-August.

Pakistan's most senior clergyman, Bishop Azad Marshall, condemned the attack on Twitter and demanded protection for Christians. “We demand justice and protection of Christians from the Government of Pakistan," he wrote following the attack.

Additional policemen were deployed around Peshawar’s All Saints Church, where a memorial service for Father Siraj was to be held later on Monday. The church was brutally attacked by militants with bombs and gunfire in 2013. Over 70 worshippers were killed and 100 were wounded in that attack, one of Pakistan's worst targeting Christians.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's special adviser on religious affairs and religious harmony, Tahir Ashrafi, offered assurances on Twitter, telling Pakistani Christians that the attackers would be apprehended.

I would like to condemn the killing of Father William Siraj.
I express my condolences to and express solidarity with my Pakistani Christian countrymen and women.

 

[Azog]

100% IS


we are fighting a war in KPK and there is no safe city in the provincial capital

 

[YeBeWarned]

The security situation in Pakistan is deteriorating faster than I expected. First FC and Police, then Army, then bomb blasts and now Target killings of minorities. Is there anything left, or are we going to those times when we had suicide attacks everyday, bomb blasts in markets, mosques, Churches and Temples, Attacks on Military bases, police stations , hotels and even on Tourists, Is there anyone who will get up and take the responsibility or take the lead in taking strict Actions?

 

[xyxmt]

The security situation in Pakistan is deteriorating faster than I expected. First FC and Police, then Army, then bomb blasts and now Target killings of minorities. Is there anything left, or are we going to those times when we had suicide attacks everyday, bomb blasts in markets, mosques, Churches and Temples, Attacks on Military bases, police stations , hotels and even on Tourists, Is there anyone who will get up and take the responsibility or take the lead in taking strict Actions?

terrorists are like, kill as much as you can before you get killed....and trust me they are getting killed left right and center.

 

[Longhorn]

The silence on this thread is appalling.
If this same priest had been killed in India, this same thread would have been 56 pages by now.

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

Those scums must be be arrested as soon as possible.

 

[Trango Towers]

I hope they catch the culprit. He deserves no more oxygen.

Life is so cheap. People have no humanity

 

[YeBeWarned]

terrorists are like, kill as much as you can before you get killed....and trust me they are getting killed left right and center.

I don't want to get news of Terrorists dying as I get good morning messages, but when Terrorists are releasing videos of major attacks and footage of killing my soldiers, I want my forces to release footage of them smoking these cunts, I want to see how Army is hunting them down every left right and corner because, if you want to win a guerilla warfare you need to use this tactics, there is a reason why ISIS/TTP and BLA types release such videos, why can't we release ours to undermine anyone who is even thinking of joining their cause. By saying, Trust me we are doing raids but we won't share any news to public you are serving their interests not Pakistan's.