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2011: Worsening Brutality
In 2011, LeJ attacks on Shias across Balochistan rose in frequency and brutality.
Spini Road Attack, July 2011
Alleged LeJ gunmen shot and killed 11 Shia Hazara and wounded 3 others on July 30, 2011,
on Spini Road in Quetta. The motorbike-riding gunmen fired at a passenger van travelling
to Quetta from Hazara town. 85
Buniyad Ali, whose wife Paril Gul was killed in the attack, told Human Rights Watch:
My wife and son were on their way home when the public service van they
were travelling in was attacked in Quetta. Gunmen opened fire in broad
daylight on the van. Paril Gul was a housewife and would rarely venture out.
She had gone to visit her ailing father taking my son along. The police later
registered a complaint against the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi but nothing has been
done. Why did the Lashkar kill my wife and why has the government not
done anything to stop them? Our life is a living hell. I am forced to believe
that the government wants all Shias dead. There is no other explanation. 86
Fatima, the widow of Syed Aqeel Mosavi, another victim of the Spini road attack, told
Human Rights Watch:
My husband was a day laborer. He was travelling in a passenger van on his
way to the market for work when it was attacked by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
terrorists. Aqeel was a good man and not involved in politics—they just
target us because we are Shias. The government attitude is unbelievable:
so many security agencies and they can’t provide us protection even in
Quetta? 87
85 “At least 11 killed, 3 injured in Quetta firing,” The Nation, July 30, 2011, http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-newsnewspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/30-Jul-2011/Quetta-firing-kills-11-people
(accessed May 28, 2013).
86 Human Rights Watch interview with Buniyad Ali, December 16, 2011, Quetta.
87 Human Rights Watch interview with Fatima Mosavi, December 22, 2011, Quetta.
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