One killed while reciting Quran in mosque

2017-07-14

Main Information

  • Victim Names Shabbir Ahmed
  • Date of Incident 2017-07-14
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Haryana
  • City/District Panipat, Panipat
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Panipat
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

AN old man was shot within the premises of a mosque while reading the Quran. This was caught on a CCTV camera, and given to police to find the perpetrators. The perpetrators entered the mosque and killed Shabbir Ahmed and left. It was too long before people noticed that Ahmed had died to be able to provide emergency aid to save him.