Mufti Taqi Usmani firing incident: Maulana Amir Shahab succumbs to injuries

KARACHI: Religious figure Maulana Amir Shahab, who was injured in the attack on Mufti Taqi Usmani, on Thursday succumbed to his injuries here at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), ARY News reported.

JPMC Executive Director Seemi Jamali has confirmed the report. Maulana Amir Shahab was being treated at intensive care unit of the hospital. He had received bullet injuries to upper part of his body.

Death toll in the attack has risen to three.

On March22, Mufti Taqi Usmani had survived a gun attack, while Maulana Amir Shahab was shot and injured at Nipa Chowrangi of Karachi.

At least six unknown assailants on three motorbikes had opened fire at their vehicles on the Nipa flyover, police had reported.

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The attackers had fled the scene after firing leaving Amir Shahab and his security guard severely wounded. The security guard had earlier succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead.

On March 24, police had said two teams of target killers were involved in attack on Mufti Taqi Usmani of Darul Uloom Karachi.

“One team followed his vehicle from Korangi Industrial Area, while the other team of target killers chased his car from Dalmia area,” the investigation team of police had said.

It had said after opening firing on Mufti Taqi Usmani’s car, the target killers fled towards Safoora Chowrangi and vanished.