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| Malik Ishaq Pakistan Sunni militant chief killed | Malik Ishaq Pakistan Sunni militant chief killed |
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| Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. | Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. |
| Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to free him, said police. | Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to free him, said police. |
| They said Ishaq was killed in a gun fight along with his two sons and 11 militants in Muzaffargarh district. | |
| Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been behind some of the most violent attacks on Shia Muslims in recent years. | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been behind some of the most violent attacks on Shia Muslims in recent years. |
| Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada confirmed the news to AFP news agency, while a doctor at Muzaffargarh District Hospital said 14 bodies had been received there. | |
| Six police officers were also reported injured but correspondents say the details are unclear, and they have not been seen by the media. | |
| Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was banned in Pakistan in 2001 and designated a terrorist group by the US in 2003. It is accused of killing hundreds of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. |