Gunmen kill a member of Pakistan’s minority community Sikh community in overnight attack Peshawar, Claiming responsibility for the attack, the Islamic State terror group said Manmohan Singh A “polytheist” was a follower of the Sikh sect.
A Pakistani Sikh shopkeeper was shot dead in Peshawar late on Saturday, two days after another member of the community survived a hail of bullets fired at him by killers of the Islamic State terror group.
Manmohan Singh, 29, used to sell cosmetics near Rashid Garhi Chowk, a five-minute walk from Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh. Peshawar-based Sikh activist Gurpal Singh said, “He was going home in an autorickshaw when motorcycle-borne terrorists shot him in the heart and head, killing him on the spot.” On the sidelines of Manmohan’s funeral on Sunday, the community urged the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Sikhs around the world to highlight their plight and ensure security in the wake of repeated terrorist attacks targeting them in Peshawar. requested to make every possible effort to
The AP reported that IS claimed responsibility for the killing, saying Singh was a follower of the “polytheistic” Sikh sect in Peshawar. It also claimed to have injured a Sikh in the city the previous day.
Gurpal said that 800 of Peshawar’s 7,000-strong Sikh community have already moved to Nankana. Sir and Lahore fearing for their lives, while some had taken refuge elsewhere.
A Pakistani Sikh shopkeeper was shot dead in Peshawar late on Saturday, two days after another member of the community survived a hail of bullets fired at him by killers of the Islamic State terror group.
Manmohan Singh, 29, used to sell cosmetics near Rashid Garhi Chowk, a five-minute walk from Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh. Peshawar-based Sikh activist Gurpal Singh said, “He was going home in an autorickshaw when motorcycle-borne terrorists shot him in the heart and head, killing him on the spot.” On the sidelines of Manmohan’s funeral on Sunday, the community urged the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Sikhs around the world to highlight their plight and ensure security in the wake of repeated terrorist attacks targeting them in Peshawar. requested to make every possible effort to
The AP reported that IS claimed responsibility for the killing, saying Singh was a follower of the “polytheistic” Sikh sect in Peshawar. It also claimed to have injured a Sikh in the city the previous day.
Gurpal said that 800 of Peshawar’s 7,000-strong Sikh community have already moved to Nankana. Sir and Lahore fearing for their lives, while some had taken refuge elsewhere.