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Article: Leader of banned Pakistan militant group killed.
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- Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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Summary: The leader of a banned militant group in Pakistan was shot dead on Monday in an apparent sectarian attack, police and party officials said.
Hundreds of Pakistanis have been killed in recent
The leader of a banned militant group in Pakistan was shot dead on Monday in an apparent sectarian attack, police and party officials said.
Hundreds of Pakistanis have been killed in recent years in violence between militants from the Sunni Muslim majority and their minority Shiite rivals.
The killings, especially of faction leaders, raise fears of revenge attacks triggering cycles of violence. Ali Sher Haideri, chief of the ...