A prayer leader was shot dead in a suspected ‘targeted attack’ in Sachal area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on May 24, reports Dawn. Mohammed Arbab (55) was coming out of the Minarul Huda Masjid in Sachal Goth near Murtaza Chowk after offering Fajr (Morning) prayers when unidentified assailants on motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on him and fled, said Malir Town Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur. “It appeared to be a targeted killing incident,” the SSP added. However, he ruled out the possibility of a sectarian motive being behind the murder. He pointed out that the deceased was a prayer leader (Khateeb) of the mosque belonging to the Ahle Hadees school of thought. SSP Bahadur believed that there was no history of targeting Ahle Hadees followers on sectarian grounds. The victim’s father is also a Khateeb of the same mosque.