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Journalist shot dead in Pakistan | Journalist shot dead in Pakistan |
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Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a local journalist in north-west Pakistan, police say. | Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a local journalist in north-west Pakistan, police say. |
Maqbool Hussain Siyal was killed in a drive-by shooting in the town of Dera Ismail Khan late on Thursday. | Maqbool Hussain Siyal was killed in a drive-by shooting in the town of Dera Ismail Khan late on Thursday. |
Police say they are looking for two masked gunmen who were riding a motorbike. They have made no arrests but are questioning a number of people. | Police say they are looking for two masked gunmen who were riding a motorbike. They have made no arrests but are questioning a number of people. |
Police say it is too early to identify a possible motive. The family have said they have no feud with anyone. | Police say it is too early to identify a possible motive. The family have said they have no feud with anyone. |
'No enemies' | 'No enemies' |
The authorities in Dera Ismail Khan, about 280km (175 miles) south-west of the capital, Islamabad, say they are unclear what the motive for the attack could have been, | The authorities in Dera Ismail Khan, about 280km (175 miles) south-west of the capital, Islamabad, say they are unclear what the motive for the attack could have been, |
The journalist worked for an Urdu-language newspaper and a news agency, police say. | The journalist worked for an Urdu-language newspaper and a news agency, police say. |
"Nobody has so far been arrested, but some shopkeepers are being questioned," cantonment police officer Salahuddin told the BBC. | "Nobody has so far been arrested, but some shopkeepers are being questioned," cantonment police officer Salahuddin told the BBC. |
Siyal's family say they have no enemies but have suggested the attack could have been sectarian. | Siyal's family say they have no enemies but have suggested the attack could have been sectarian. |
They belong to the minority Shia community. | They belong to the minority Shia community. |
More than 4,000 people have been killed in violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Pakistan over the past two decades. | More than 4,000 people have been killed in violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Pakistan over the past two decades. |
Media rights group Reporters without Borders said Maqbool Hussain Siyal was the third journalist killed this year in Pakistan. | |
Two others are missing after being arrested by the security forces. |
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