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A trader belonging to the Ahmadi minority community was axed to death allegedly for his faith in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Friday.
According to police, Tayyab Ahmad, 40, was present at the shop of his brother in Rawalpindi city, some 275 km from Lahore, when an unidentified man attacked him with an axe, leaving him critically injured….
Police said during the initial investigation that it appears that Ahmad was killed for his faith. Quoting eyewitnesses, the police said.
“The young assailant during the attack kept on saying that “I have warned you Qadianis (Ahmadis) to leave this place”.
According to Ahmad’s brother Tahir Qamar, a few days ago, a group of religious extremists had also attacked his shop by throwing stones and warned him to leave this place for being Ahmadi.
The deceased’s family suspected that elements of radical Islamists, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), might be behind this heinous act….
According to police, Tayyab Ahmad, 40, was present at the shop of his brother in Rawalpindi city, some 275 km from Lahore, when an unidentified man attacked him with an axe, leaving him critically injured….
Police said during the initial investigation that it appears that Ahmad was killed for his faith. Quoting eyewitnesses, the police said.
“The young assailant during the attack kept on saying that “I have warned you Qadianis (Ahmadis) to leave this place”.
According to Ahmad’s brother Tahir Qamar, a few days ago, a group of religious extremists had also attacked his shop by throwing stones and warned him to leave this place for being Ahmadi.
The deceased’s family suspected that elements of radical Islamists, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), might be behind this heinous act….
