QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police say a gunman riding on a motorcycle shot to death a senior police officer who has been investigating sectarian killings allegedly carried out by a Sunni Muslim militant group.
Police officer Zubair Mahmood said the gunman ambushed Jamil Kakar's car as he was on his way to a Supreme Court hearing Friday in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni militant group blamed for a rise in attacks against Shiite Muslims in Baluchistan in recent months.
Kakar was one of the highest ranking police officers in Quetta and played a key role in investigating Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
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