Ahmadiyya man stabbed to death in Narowal

June 1, 2010 - 0:0

LAHORE (Dawn) -- An Ahmadi man was stabbed to death by an enraged man in Pakistan on Monday, just days after gun, grenade and suicide attacks targeting the religious minority killed more than 95 people, police said.

The stabbing took place in the town of Narowal, some 100 kilometers northeast of Lahore, where suspected militants wearing suicide vests burst into prayer halls on Friday and killed 82 worshippers.
“In the morning, a man identified as Abid Butt climbed the wall of the house of a local Ahmadi family and stabbed Naimatullah, 55, and his son Mansoor Ahmed,” local police station chief Riaz Sangha told AFP by telephone.
Naimatullah died of knife wounds and his son was rushed to hospital, he added.
The attacker escaped, the officer said.
Sangha quoted residents as saying that the assailant threatened to not leave any Ahmadiyya alive.
Seven men have been arrested during the past two days in different parts of Punjab over alleged links to the militants involved in the Lahore Ahmadiyya mosques’ attacks Friday, reports AP. The arrests were fueled by information from one of the two attackers captured Friday.
Religious violence in Pakistan, mostly between majority Sunni Muslims and minority Shias, has killed more than 4,000 people in the past decade.