Pakistani Taliban confirm killing of Haqqani Network leader

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Pakistani Taliban confirm killing of Haqqani Network leader

(Xinhua) 08:16, November 12, 2013

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ISLAMABAD, Nov. 11 -- Pakistani Taliban on Monday confirmed the killing of a senior leader of the Haqqani Network, Naseer Haqqani, near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

Earlier leaders of the group said that unidentified gunmen shot Naseer dead late Sunday night when he was returning home from a mosque.

The gunmen, riding motorcycles, fled after the attack, police sources and witnesses said.

Spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Shahidullah Shahid confirmed the killing of Naseer Haqqani.

"We will take revenge of the murder," the TTP spokesman told the media persons by the phone.

"The dead body was later sent to North Waziristan tribal region and buried there," a Haqqani Network official said.

Slain Naseer Haqqani was responsible for fund-raising, logistics and political affairs of the Haqqani Network, the network sources said.

Islamabad police confirmed the firing incident but did not say anything about identity of the man.

Eye witnesses said the slain man arrived at the market in his black-coloured car with the driver to buy bread from a shop in a small market on Simly Dam road in Barakau.

A witness said the gunmen, riding motorcycles, arrived and started firing on him as he was waiting for buying bread from a shop.

A young man working in a shop was also injured when the gunmen sprayed dozens of bullets. He was taken to a local hospital and is under treatment.

No one claimed responsibility for the assassination.