HYDERABAD: The younger brother of a local Shia leader was shot and injured in an attempt, outside the Comprehensive High School unit no 10 Latifabad on Tuesday. Samar Abbas,32, the younger brother of local Shia leader Nayar Abbas was going to Comprehensive High School, unit no 10, when some unidentified assailants started firing at him. As a result, Samar Abbas received bullet wounds in the head and backbone. He was taken to a government hospital and was later shifted the Karachi because of his critical condition. The victim's family said that the attack was of sectarian nature, and denied having any rift with a group or an individual.