20 Are Hacked and Beaten to Death at Pakistani Shrine
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200 Miles Indus AFGHANISTAN Islamabad Jhelum River Chenab River Sargodha PUNJAB PROVINCE PAKISTAN INDIA Indus 200 Miles APRIL 2, 2017
Mr. Waheed also said that Mr. Gujjar, a relatively obscure mystic who died two years ago, had been poisoned by a group of devotees.
Punjab Province were that The shrine was always crowded by drug addicts and people who were under the influence.
One of those killed was Asif Ali Gujjar, Mr. Gujjar’s son,
and police officials said the killings may have been related to disagreements over control of the shrine.
Mr. Waheed told the authorities that he had killed the devotees at the shrine to Ali Muhammad Gujjar,
the self-described mystic, in self-defense because he believed they planned to poison him.
Mr. Waheed, a former government employee who used to give sermons at the shrine, claims to be the spiritual heir to Mr. Gujjar.
Mr. Waheed, the authorities said, admitted luring the devotees to the site about 12 miles from Sargodha in Punjab Province,
and carrying out the killings with the help of at least two associates.
" Officials said that the people who went to the shrine Saturday night were given an intoxicating drink before they were tortured, raising the possibility
that the killings were premeditated. that Locals say that Asif claimed he is the rightful heir of the shrine, being the son of Ali Muhammad Gujjar.
" Mr. Khan said. that Only after this incident, people from the surrounding area told police that they used to hear screams coming from the shrine,
