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Lahore: Pakistani Sikh Unidentified assailants were killed in a drive-by shooting in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, police said.
The man who knew him Sardar SinghHe was shot by gunmen riding a motorbike in the Nawab residential neighborhood of Lahore. Police said he was out for a morning walk with his bodyguard when the attack occurred.
Singh was fatally shot in the head. officer Asad Abbas He said the guard was injured in the attack.
Police refused to explain why Singh had a bodyguard or provide further details. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Religious minorities often face violence in Muslim-majority Pakistan, even though the country’s constitution guarantees them equal rights and freedom to practice their religion.
Last month, gunmen killed a Sikh Pakistani businessman and a Christian cleaner in two separate incidents in the northwestern city of Peshawar. A day earlier, a prominent Hindu doctor and eye surgeon was shot dead in the port city of Karachi.
The man who knew him Sardar SinghHe was shot by gunmen riding a motorbike in the Nawab residential neighborhood of Lahore. Police said he was out for a morning walk with his bodyguard when the attack occurred.
Singh was fatally shot in the head. officer Asad Abbas He said the guard was injured in the attack.
Police refused to explain why Singh had a bodyguard or provide further details. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Religious minorities often face violence in Muslim-majority Pakistan, even though the country’s constitution guarantees them equal rights and freedom to practice their religion.
Last month, gunmen killed a Sikh Pakistani businessman and a Christian cleaner in two separate incidents in the northwestern city of Peshawar. A day earlier, a prominent Hindu doctor and eye surgeon was shot dead in the port city of Karachi.
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