Emeutes à Karachi کراچي et dans le Sindh سنڌ – août 2009
Killing of SSP leader sparks riots in Karachi
18 août 2009
Ali Sher Haideri gunned down in Khairpur district
* Angry mobs burn vehicles
MULTAN: The leader of banned Sunni militant outfit, Sipah-e-Sahaba, was shot dead in Khairpur on Monday, sparking sectarian riots in Karachi, police said.
Ali Sher Haideri was killed along with one of his aides in the shooting at Pir Jo Goth village in Khairpur district, senior police official Pir Muhammed Shah told AFP.
He said the attacker was killed after Haideri’s guards returned fire, and that several of Haideri’s men were injured in the incident.
Haideri led the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), a Sunni extremist outfit blamed for a string of sectarian attacks against Shias across the country.
The killing sparked rioting in Karachi, where angry mobs burnt at least three vehicles while two petrol pump were torched. Police detained SSP men, including its central leader Ghafoor Nadeem after a one-and-a-half-hour long gunbattle.
According to AFP, mobs burnt a bus and a car and fired gunshots into the air.
“One of our police officials and two others were injured in the firing by the armed men during rioting,” city police chief Waseem Ahmad told AFP.
He said police arrested seven men belonging to SSP from a city mosque, and recovered weapons and ammunition from their possession.
Shah said earlier that all shops and business had also shut their doors in Khairpur district, around 400 kilometres north of Karachi.
“We have deployed a maximum police force in the district while paramilitary Rangers are also there to help us,” he said.
Life came to standstill as strikes were observed in towns across Sindh province and in parts of neighbouring Punjab province, residents said. afp/faraz khan
SSP chief death triggers riots
August 18, 2009
KHAIRPUR/KARACHI – The chief of a banned outfit Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan, an offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Allama Ali Sher Haideri was shot dead in Khairpur in the wee hours of Monday.
The killing sparked riots in interior Sindh and Karachi, in which two protesters were killed and several others were wounded at Luqman Railways Crossing on Monday evening when personnel of law enforcement agencies opened fire on mob to stop them from removing rail track.
Meanwhile, in a special meeting of the SSP General Council at Luqman, the native village of Haideri, has elevated Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi as the new chief of the outfit while Sanaullah Jawari, brother of assassinated leader, has been made as the new administrator of Jamia Hamadia. The meeting has also warned the government of strong protest if the killers are not arrested in five days.
Protest demonstrations have also been reported from across the country including Islamabad, Gilgit and many other towns and cities. Tension has also gripped Jhang, the city that has remained the centre of sectarian violence and birthplace of militant outfits.
It is important to recall that members of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) had formed Millat-e-Islamia or Nation of Islam in 2002 after the government banned SSP in 2002. But the very next year, Millat-e-Islamia was also banned along with other militant outfits, although it has continued to operate across the country.
According to details, Allama Ali Sher Haideri was killed along with one of his associates, Imtiaz Ali Phulpoto, near the village of Pir Jo Goth village. SSP Sindh chief Maulana Abdul Karim Marri was also injured in the attack.
Ali Sher Haideri was returning to Khairpur from the house of his friend after attending a public meeting at about 3am. When he reached at some distance from a village at Ahmedpur-Khairpur link road in the precincts of Pir Jo Goth Police Station, over 20 armed men who were already present there targeted Haideri’s vehicle, which resulted in his death.
Haideri’s bodyguards also retaliated triggering an exchange of fire in which one of the assailants, Oshaq Ali Jagirani, was also killed. Several of Haideri’s had also been wounded.
Later on, the bodies were brought at Luqman area of Khairpur for funeral. The funeral prayer was offered at Madrassa Jamia Hamadia Luqman (a local seminary), which was attended by thousands of people. The SSP chief was laid to rest near his father grave in front of the seminary. Newly appointed chief of SSP Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi led the final prayers of the militant leader.
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