Six people, including two law-enforcement
personnel, were wounded and 20 vehicles, two bank branches and one police
station,
besides private and public property, were set on fire in violence following the
assassination of Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai on Sunday
Daily Dawn 31 May 2004
Pakistani protesters burn vehicles to protest the killing of Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai in Karachi May 30, 2004. A senior pro-Taliban cleric in Pakistan was gunned down by unknown assailants on Sunday outside his mosque in the southern city of Karachi, and later his death sparked widespread protests, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
A Pakistani policeman walks past a burning car in Karachi May 30, 2004. A senior pro-Taliban cleric in Pakistan was gunned down by unknown assailants on Sunday outside his mosque in Karachi, and later his death sparked widespread protests, police and hospital sources said. Photo by Zahid Hussein/Reuters
Pakistani protesters run during clashes with police in Karachi May 30, 2004. A senior pro-Taliban cleric in Pakistan was gunned down by unknown assailants on Sunday outside his mosque in the southern city of Karachi, and his death unleashed violent protests in which 17 people were hurt. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
A Pakistani policeman tries to douse a burning furniture at a police station ransacked by angry protesters in Karachi May 30, 2004. A senior pro-Taliban cleric in Pakistan was gunned down by unknown assailants on Sunday outside his mosque in the southern city of Karachi, and later his death sparked widespread protests, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Black smoke rises from a burning car which was set on fire by supporters of slain Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai after his killing in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 30, 2004. Unidentified gunmen shot the senior Sunni Muslim cleric in this violence-prone city Sunday, killing him and wounding four other people, and sparking unrest by his supporters who set fire to a police station, police said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) Click here for more photographs