Gilgit: Bus going to Astor attacked near Chilas by Extremists

Posted date: August 16, 2012 In: Gilgit Baltistan

Accroding to our correspondent, terrorists belonging to the banned political organization Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan have stopped and fired upon buses travelling from Rawalpindi to Astor near Chilas. Atleast 25 Shiites have been killed.

Furthermore, when the buses arrived at Babu Sir, they found themselves surrounded by terrorists on motor cycles who then blindly opened fire. It is being said that the attackers were dressed as Pak Army men in Khaki. Atleast 25 Shiites were, therefore, killed on the spot where as the numbers are feared to increase as some of the injured are in critical conditions. Several of the martyrs belonged to Astor. As this news spread, the vehicles en route to Pindi from Gilgit and Skardu were called back.
It is worth mentioning that terrorists belonging to extremist organizations have often targetted Shiites in Chilas. Just this year several hundred Shiites were killed in the Massacres of Chilas and Kohistan.The death toll has reached 25, out of which 13 belonged to Astor. These are the names of the 11 Martyrs which we received; Qari Haneef, Ghulam Nabi, Musharraf, Yaqoob, Dr. Nisar, Dolat Ali, Ishteyaq, Sajid, Mohammed Mazhar, Jalal Uddin, Ghulam Mustafa
Despite these incidents having previously cost the lives of several people, the government and security agencies failed to provide the promised adequate security for the buses and for those traveling in them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/emma.watsons.73 Ezzabella Qlate

    :’(
     

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=718261775 Syed Abbas Ali Meerza

    why cant the shia community itself take measures to protect these caravans? this is not the first incident of its kind! i think the army of pakistan has taliban and sipha-e-Yazeed sympathizers on high posts, therefore expecting any protection from them is useless. Is the shia community in Pakistan really so weak and defenseless? there are shia who are millionaires and billionaires but they cant spare any money for adequately protecting these caravans? 

  • http://www.facebook.com/engrasadzaidi Asad Zaidi

    salam, facebook page of this website???/

  • CancerianSethi

    May Allah rest the souls of those departed in peace and in heaven.Ameen :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001926899038 Shan Rana

    I hate terrorist  

  • Muhammad Raza

    Shia Community needs to be united. We have to take Stand for our own. We should have to come in public , on roads in a majority….

  • http://www.facebook.com/jiqing.yu Essa Yu

    stop fighting each other,we are united as a rope.

  • http://www.facebook.com/srhzaidi Raza Hussain Zaidi

    Allah ho Akbar! Allah ho Akbar! Allah ho Akbar! these terrorist no believe in Day of Judgement, for sure they would be looser in the real living place,  I wish Allah show them the correct way to live in this world/

  • http://twitter.com/musanifkazmi musanif kazmi

    where is the so called half blinded CJ of PAKISTAN who is havnig spare time to take a
    suo-motto of every little issue but fully blinded when it comes to the
    problem of shia killings across the country…. the whole judiciary is involved in these incidents…. YYYY the government is silent??????? every1 becomes silent about the shia killings…YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY is it sooooo????????

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