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发帖数: 29846 | 1 巴基斯坦少数社群事务部长Shahbaz Bhatti遇刺身亡，他是天主教徒，正着手修改巴基
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Pakistan’s religious minorities minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, was killed by
gunmen Wednesday in the capital, Islamabad. A Christian, Bhatti had received
threats from Islamist militants for his efforts to reform the country's
blasphemy laws.
By News Wires (text)
AP - Gunmen shot and killed Pakistan’s government minister for religious
minorities on Wednesday, the latest attack on a high-profile Pakistani
figure who had urged reforming harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death
penalty for insulting Islam.
The killing of Shahbaz Bhatti, a member of Pakistan’s Christian community,
was another major blow to Pakistan’s besieged liberals, who say the attacks
are a symptom of an increasingly radicalized Muslim-majority public.
Earlier this year, Punjab province Gov. Salman Taseer was killed by a
bodyguard who said he was angry that the politician opposed the blasphemy
laws - and many ordinary Pakistanis praised the murderer.
Bhatti was on his way to work in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, when
unknown gunmen riddled his car with bullets, police officer Mohmmad Iqbal
said. The minister arrived dead at Shifa Hospital and his driver was also
wounded badly, hospital spokesman Asmatullah Qureshi said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but private
Pakistani TV channels showed pamphlets at the scene of the killing that were
attributed to the Pakistani Taliban warning of the same fate for anyone
opposing the blasphemy laws.
Gulam Rahim was coming from a nearby market when he saw Bhatti’s car drive
out of his house. Three men standing nearby with guns suddenly began firing
at the vehicle, a dark-colored Toyota.
Two of the men opened the door and tried to pull Bhatti out, Rahim said,
while a third man fired his Kalashnikov rifle repeatedly into the car. The
three gunmen then sped away in a white Suzuki Mehran car, said Rahim who
took shelter behind a tree.
Pakistani TV channels showed Bhatti’s vehicle afterward, its windows
shattered with bullet holes all over. It was not immediately clear why
Bhatti, a member of the ruling Pakistani People’s Party, did not have
bodyguards with him.
Pakistani government leaders condemned the attack.
“This is concerted campaign to slaughter every liberal, progressive and
humanist voice in Pakistan,” said Farahnaz Ispahani, an aide to President
Asif Ali Zardari. “The time has come for the federal government and
provincial governments to speak out and to take a strong stand against these
murderers to save the very essence of Pakistan.”
Bhatti’s friend Robinson Asghar said the slain minister had received
threats following the death of the Punjab governor. Asghar said he had asked
Bhatti to leave Pakistan for a while because of the threats, but that
Bhatti had refused.
Pakistan’s information minister, Firdous Ashiq Awan, said Bhatti had played
a key role in promoting interfaith harmony, and he was a great asset.
“We are sad over his tragic death,” she said, adding that the government
would investigate why he did not have a security escort. |
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