18 Shias killed in attack on Majlis-i-Aza in Mauza Ghallu
18-8-1996
VEHARI, Aug 18: Fifteen people were killed and 50 injured, ten of them
seriously, as a result of indiscriminate firing by half-a-dozen masked
assailants on a Majlis-i-Aza participants in Mauza Ghallu, some 45
kilometres from here, on Sunday evening.
Twelve people were killed on the spot, while three other died later at
Nishtar Hospital, Multan.
Three attackers also suffered bullet injuries in the cross-fire and died
before being taken away by their accomplices, eye-witnesses said.
The Majlis-i-Aza was being held at the residence of a former MPA and local
PML leader Irshad Ghallu.
Sipah-i-Muhammad Pakistan leader Syed Ghulam Reza Naqvi has held the Sipah-
i-Sahaba Pakistan responsible for the tragedy.
He said the SMP would not forget the incident and now no SSP programme
would be safe.