Sunni Politician Gunned Down in Pakistan

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Sunni Politician Gunned Down in Pakistan

Monday October 6, 2003 8:16 PM
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - In a brazen daylight attack, gunmen assassinated a hardline Sunni Muslim politician and four other people Monday, spraying their car with automatic weapon-fire before fleeing.

The motive was not immediately known, but the politician, Maulana Azam Tariq, had made many enemies as head of the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba group, blamed for the killings of hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims.

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Enemies of Tariq's outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba group also denounced the assassination.

Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moasvi, the head of a major Shiite group, Tahrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqa-e-Jaaferia, said the killing had been carried out by people ``who do not want to see peace in Pakistan.''

Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat, himself a Shiite, said he ordered a thorough investigation.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3234451,00.html

some aren't sad to see him go; another spin on his passing:--
http://www.shianews.com/hi/asia/news_id/0001782.php