A top priest was killed and three others were hurt on Saturday in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa country’s Peshawar district as a result of a strong explosion, which added to the region’s 24 hour-long assault on religious institutions.
According to the hospital’s confirmed, Mufti Munir Shakir, the founder of the outlawed militant group Lashkar-i-Islam, succumbed to his injuries at Lady Reading Hospital ( LRH). Police, the Counter-Terrorism office, and bomb disposal teams are then looking into the scene after the explosion occurred in Urmur Bala village, which sparked a quick response from the locals.
Mohammad Asim, a spokeswoman for LRH, stated that Mufti Shakir was taken to the hospital in a critical condition and passed away.
Ihtesham Ali, the head of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s health consultant, expressed his sympathies and wished Shakir’s passing a “martyrdom” and expressed grief for the victim.
Shakir’s ascent and Lashkar-i-Islam’s prior
Mufti Munir Shakir, known for founding Lashkar-i-Islam in the Khyber cultural place, was a contentious figure in the region. However, his fundamentalist beliefs and disagreements with another violent head, Haji Namdar, resulted in his being expelled from Bara Qambarkhel within six months.
A cultural dispute forced both Shakir and Pir Saifur Rehman to leave Bara in the early hours of 2005 after further internal struggle. Afterwards, Mangal Bagh, a previous bus driver turned violent, was appointed leader of the organization and made an ali in May 2005.
In the middle of 2005, Bangladeshi security forces launched their first defense activity against Lashkar-i-Islam, destroying an FM radio station the party had set up inside a mosque and destroying the Haji Rabat’s home.
Back-to-back strikes on temples
The blast comes less than a time after another one on Friday at the Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque in South Waziristan. Maulana Abdullah Nadeem, the district chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( JUI), and several others were hurt in the attack, which was carried out using an IED.
In the county, temples have been repeatedly attacked, especially during Friday blessings when huge crowds make them vulnerable.
Six folks, including JUI-S head Maulana Hamidul Haqqani, were killed and 15 others injured in a death blast last month at Darul Uloom Haqqania school.
Teach strike in Balochistan
According to the Pakistani Army, 18 of the 26 hostages who were killed in the most recent invasion on a coach were army and armed soldiers, according to the Pakistani military on Friday.
Lieutenant-General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations ( ISPR ), stated in a press conference with Balochistan’s head minister Sarfaraz Bugti that militants had already ordered the military operation to begin.
18 military and armed soldiers, three different government officials, and five citizens are among the hostages, he confirmed.
