Two ASWJ supporters shot dead in mosque attack

Karachi 

Two supporters of the banned religious outfit Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) were killed in a mosque attack in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Tuesday.

Mufti Kamran, 46, and Mufti Ghulam Akbar, 50, suffered multiple fatal wounds when four men entered the Madina Masjid in Gulshan-e-Iqbal’s Block 6 and one of them sprayed bullets on them before fleeing the scene on two motorcycles.

Residents of the area took the injured men to Petal Hospital, where they breathed their last. Later, the deceased were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for postmortem examinations. 

A medico-legal officer at the hospital said Kamran was hit by five bullets, two in the neck and three in his chest, while Akbar suffered four bullet wounds to his torso. 

Gulshan-e-Iqbal SDPO Raheem Shah told The News that both men were teachers at Iqra School and also supporters of the ASWJ.