Two martyred in Taliban militants attack on participants of funeral procession in Karachi

Two more Shiite Muslims were martyred and at least 14 people were injured when participants of the Abbas Town funeral procession came under heavy fire of American and Saudi funded Taliban militants at Al-Asif Square near Sohrab Goth.
According to the Shiite News Correspondent that heavy firing by unknown men at Sohrab Goth came from “all sides.” He said that at least 14 people were injured, including five Rangers personnel.
Some buses and vehicles including three ambulance were also torched near the highway by the miscreants. Participants of the funeral procession of the martyrs of Abbas Town Blast in Karachi also came under fire at Ancholi where more people were injured.
While police and Rangers were not deployed when the firing started, they had been deployed after the participants of the funeral procession had passed through Sohrab Goth. The government announced that pillion riding will be banned from midnight on March 4.
Funeral prayers of Abbas Town blast victims offered
Funeral prayers of eight martyrs of Sunday’s twin blasts in Abbas Town have offered at Shahrah-e-Pakistan Karachi in  the presence of thousands of mourners.
The funeral prayers were led by Majlis-e-Wehdat Muslimeen (MWM) Central leader Maulana Shaikh Salahuddin. The martyrs will be buried at the Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi.
Earlier, funeral prayers of six of the dead were offered at Shuhada Karbala Imambargah in Ancholi. As many as 54 people were martyred and 140 people were injured when two bombs went off in a residential complex in Abbas Town, Karachi on March 3, 2013.
On the request of Karachi Traders Association, the Majlis-e-Wehdat Muslimeen (MWM), and Jafaria Alliance Pakistan called off the strike, while Karachi Transport Ittehad also decided to end transport strike.