Shia scholar Kumaili’s son, guard gunned down in Karachi

*Allama Ali Akbar Kumaili and his guard Jumma Khan were shot dead in an armed ambush when they were returning from the scholar’s ice factory in Azizabad

Jafaria Alliance Pakistan chief Allama Abbas Kumaili’s son Allama Ali Akbar Kumaili was shot dead near Bhangoria Goth, Azizabad in Karachi on Saturday.

According to a Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) spokesperson, Akbar was going home with his children and a guard from his ice factory in Bhangoriaa Goth, Block-2 of Azizabad, when unidentified armed men ambushed him near the factory. Akbar was shot twice in his chest and once in the abdomen, while his guard Jumma Khan was shot twice. They were rushed to Ziauddin Hospital in Nazimabad where doctors described their condition as critical.

Both succumbed to their injuries during treatment.

Allama Kumaili leaves behind a wife and three children.

MWM leader Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri condemned the incident and said that targeted killings of Shias was continuing unhindered in Karachi and the government has failed to control it.

“Police and Rangers have failed to arrest the culprits behind the killings of doctors, scholars and teachers and lawyers belonging to the Shia sect,” he said, adding that the targeted killings have exposed the so-called targeted operation against militants in Karachi.

Jafaria Alliance has called for three days of mourning. The call has been supported by the MWM. A protest demonstration is being staged at Numaish where Kumaili’s funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday afternoon.

Kumaili’s murder was condemned by President Mamnoon Hussain, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain.