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Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a member of a banned Pakistan Sunni militant group in the north-western town of Dera Ismail Khan, police say. | Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a member of a banned Pakistan Sunni militant group in the north-western town of Dera Ismail Khan, police say. |
Two men on a motorbike, one in a full veil, killed Masroor Alam Alami as he walked to his shop, witnesses said. | |
The group to which he is said to have belonged, Sipah-e-Sahaba, has a history of sectarian attacks and was banned in 2002 for having links with al-Qaeda. | The group to which he is said to have belonged, Sipah-e-Sahaba, has a history of sectarian attacks and was banned in 2002 for having links with al-Qaeda. |
It is suspected of involvement in a string of recent bombings in Pakistan. | It is suspected of involvement in a string of recent bombings in Pakistan. |
The BBC's Haroon Rashid in Peshawar says Mr Alami was recently acquitted of charges that he had killing members of the minority Shia Muslim community. | |
Suspect arrested | |
Mr Alami had just left home for work when the attack took place. | |
Witnesses said the assailant who shot him was in an all-covering veil of the type worn by many women in Pakistan and Afghanistan. | |
Dera Ismail Khan has a history of deadly sectarian violence, our correspondent says. | |
Meanwhile, police in the neighbouring town of Tank say they have arrested a man with explosives. | |
Police have identified the man as a 28-year-old called Waheedullah. They say they found him in possession of 30kg of explosive material, a detonator and jackets which could be used in suicide bombings. | |
Police say he is a close relative of tribal militant Abdullah Mehsud. | |
Mehsud is wanted for the October 2004 kidnapping of two Chinese engineers.One of the engineers was later killed during a rescue attempt. |
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