Pakistani national beaten to death by unknown assailants in Germany

[El Generico]

Ambassador of Pakistan in Germany Dr Mohammad Faisal on Wednesday said that unknown assailants had murdered a Pakistani citizen identified as Shahid Nawaz in Stuttgart.

Taking to Twitter, he said that the tragic incident took place on Monday and police were investigating the case and search for attackers was under way.

26-year-old Nawaz, who hails from Punjab’s Gujrat city, was a deputy Imam at a mosque in Stuttgart.

Express News quoting Stuttgart police reported that Nawaz and his wife were attacked by unknown men with a metal object when they were visiting river Fils.

According to police, emergency services rushed to the crime scene. However, Nawaz died on the spot while his wife lost consciousness after a severe blow to her head.

The police immediately launched a manhunt using a helicopter to apprehend the culprits. A special police commission has also been formed but no arrest has been made so far.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/227713...ten-to-death-by-unknown-assailants-in-germany

 

[sweep_shot]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

Far-right attack?

I hope the culprits will be caught.

 

[Itachi]

May he rest in peace. What's the condition of the wife?

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Sounds horrific.

Reports suggest the motive was personal/family related and not political/racist/terrorism etc however it’s probably too early to know for sure.

ISLAMABAD: The Imam of mosque in German city Stuttgart Shahid Nawaz Qadri who was assassinated three days ago wasn’t victim of hate-crime, but it was the result of family feud.

Qadri who was a taxi driver and part time assistant Imam of a Stuttgart, capital of southwest Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state mosque was having stroll in evening with his German wife on riverbank when they were hit from back. The sources in Frankfurt told The News Wednesday that Shahid Nawaz Qadri 26 who belonged to Punjab city Gujrat had German wife with two small children fall victim of unknown assassins. He died on the spot since his head was hit from the rare while his wife suffered injuries but survived. She was earlier married to an Albanian and had a child from him. S

hahid Nawaz and his wife celebrated birthday of his wife’s child from the previous husband recently where some untoward situation developed, and the matter was hushed up. The Police are investigating to find cause of the assassination, but it hasn’t reached any conclusion. It has however made it clear that it was not the incident of any hate-crime. Pakistan’s consul general Zahid Hussain in Frankfurt rushed to the area on the instructions of ambassador in Germany Dr. Muhammad Faisal Chaudhary and gathered information around the circumstances of the gory incident.

The embassy is trying to retrieve the dead body from Police authorities for making arrangements for its transportation back to Pakistan.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/763584-killing-of-mosque-imam-in-germany-not-hate-crime-incident

 

[Firebat]

Horrible situation. Perpetrators should be brought to justice

 

[finalfantasy7]

any update on this