Killing of Islamabad cleric: FIR registered

Killing of Islamabad cleric: FIR registered
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Summary Police sources informed that the case was registered under Anti-terrorist Act.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk): Police have registered an FIR against killing of two persons, who were killed outside the religious seminary.

The First Investigation Report (FIR) was lodged in Shahzad Police Station, Islamabad against two unidentified persons, who allegedly opened unprovoked firing on the teacher of Madarassa Qari Hanif and Darwaish Ahmad.

Police sources said that the case has been registered upon the request of the Muntazam of Madarassa Madinatul Ilam Tanvir Alam Qadri.

Pakistan has experienced worsening sectarian violence in recent years, especially attacks by radical Sunnis targeting Shia s.

Also on Friday, gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire outside a Sunni seminary on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, killing two people and wounding a third.

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