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Jammu & Kashmir: Jamiat chief assassinated

09-04-2011

Srinagar, J& K, India, (Greater Kashmir): Prominent political and religious figure and President of Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadees (JAH), Moulana Showkat Ahmad Shah, was today killed in a low intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast outside a Masjid in Maisuma locality of Srinagar.


The attack happened at around 12:20 pm when the noted cleric disembarked from his vehicle and proceeded towards the JAH Masjid at Maisuma to deliver the Friday sermon and lead the prayers. Witnesses said as Shah was about to step inside the Masjid from the rear entrance, the IED exploded resulting in injuries to him.


“I was in my room when I heard a loud thud. I went upstairs. I saw a man lying in a pool of blood on the ground with his legs facing the Masjid entrance,” said an eyewitness, Yasmeena, who was the first to spot Shah from the first floor of her house adjacent to the Masjid. “There was nobody there to lift him up. I became unconscious and fell down.”


Later Shah was rushed to SMHS Hospital by the people present inside the Masjid and neighborhoods.


“He was brought dead,” Medical Superintendent SMHS Hospital, Wasim Qureshi, told Greater Kashmir. “He had multiple blast injuries on chest and abdomen.”


The Muslim News