Renowned Sufi Qawwal Amjad Sabri shot dead in Pakistan

TIL Desk/World/Karachi-Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s finest Sufi Qawwals best known for his soul-stirring renditions of mystic poetry, was today killed by unidentified gunmen who shot him in the head in a targeted terror attack here. Sabri, 45, and an associate were travelling in a car in Karachi’s congested Liquatabad 10 area when two unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen fired at their vehicle, critically injuring them.

“Two attackers riding a motorcycle intercepted his car and targeted Amjad Sabri, who was driving,” said Sindh police chief Allah Dino Khawaja. The two were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed hospital, where Sabri succumbed to his injuries. His associate also died. “Sabri was shot in the chest and head and he was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital immediately, where he succumbed to his injuries.

His associate was also killed in the targeted attack,” a police official said. Additional police surgeon Dr Rohina Hasan confirmed Sabri’s death. He was shot thrice twice in the head and once on the ear. “Two riders used 30-bore pistols to shoot Sabri five times, the bullet to the head took the qawwal’s life,” a senior police official said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but a senior police official said, “It was a targeted killing and an act of terrorism.”