Pakistani police kill ex-leader of outlawed Sunni group
Former head of Pakistan’s banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group has been killed by police after the convoy carrying the sectarian leader came under fire from armed gunmen. Thirteen of Malik Ishaq’s associates were also killed.
According to Shuja Khanza, the provincial home minister in the eastern Punjab province, Ishaq was killed before dawn on Wednesday in the district of Muzaffargarh.
The former leader of the outlawed Sunni group was arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of dozens of people in target killings in South Punjab. He was being transported for questioning when the police convoy was ambushed.
“Twelve to 15 terrorists attacked the police party … freed the accused and fled away on motorcycles,” police spokeswoman, Nabila Ghazanfar, quoted a police officer in the area as saying.
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Source News: DW
