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Pak. militant killed in Multan

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD May 15. A sectarian militant, Riaz Basra, and three of his associates were killed today in a four-hour gunbattle with police and villagers in Multan district in the Punjab province.

According to reports reaching here, Basra and his associates, were hiding in the house of a clergyman when the police launched an attack. Riaz Basra was one of the most wanted persons in Pakistan and leader of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

He was accused of complicity in the murder of more than 100 Shia Muslims, the 1990 slaying of Iranian diplomat, Sadiq Ganji in Lahore, and several police officers. He had been eluding the police, despite a reward of 5 million rupees ($US 83,000) for information. Police recovered four rockets and four automatic assault rifles from the house of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric, where Basra had taken refuge.

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