Pakistani police have arrested two militants accused of assassinating one of the country’s best known Sufi musicians, a provincial minister said Monday, reports AFP.
Amjad Sabri, a renowned Qawwal or sufi singer was shot dead by two gunmen riding a motorcycle in Karachi in June, triggering an outpouring of grief over what police described as an “act of terror”.
Syed Murad Ali Shah, chief minister of southern Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, said that police late Sunday arrested two militants suspected of involvement in Sabri’s murder.
“For the first time we are officially announcing... with conclusive proof that these very people were involved in Amjad Sabri’s murder,” Shah told reporters.
He said both the suspects belonged to the anti-Shiite Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militant group—a faction of which claimed to have worked with the Islamic State to attack a police academy in southwestern Pakistan last month killing 61 people, the deadliest assault on a security installation in the country’s history.