03-22-2011, 05:41 AM
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Crazy
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Originally Posted by KirStang
but from my understanding, Pakistani politicians have been murdered for pushing for a more secular society.
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MQM members in London claimed the Taliban had issued a fatwa against party officials for their staunch opposition to Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan.
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Pictured moments before his death: The Pakistani politician ‘murdered in London for his politics’ sparking riots in Karachi
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:06 PM on 16th March 2011
These are the last images of an exiled Pakistani politician, just moments before he was stabbed to death outside his home.
Dr Imran Farooq, 50, died from stab wounds and head injuries after an ambush as he returned from work on September 16.
Detectives believe he may have been watched in the run-up to the attack, they said today.
They also revealed that the weapons believed to have been used in the killing were two mass-produced kitchen knives sold in discount stores and online.
CCTV footage of his final hours, released by police, includes images of him at Edgware underground station in north London as he travelled to work on the morning of his death.
In the last moments of his life, he is seen walking down Station Road towards his home in Green Lane, less than 10 minutes before the shock attack just before 5.30pm.
This may have been carried out by up to four Asian men who had been in vehicles or on foot near Dr Farooq's home at different times of the day, police said.
Officers revealed details of two vehicles seen around Green Lane and outside Dr Farooq's home at the time of the killing.
One was a silver seven-seater people-carrier with green minicab stickers in the window.
The driver, and sole occupant, is described as an Asian man aged between 32 and 40.
Police also want to trace the rider of a dark-coloured moped or scooter seen in Grove Road and Green Lane.
He was described as a man wearing a black jacket and black helmet with the visor up.
An Ausbeinmesser knife with a 5in blade and a Schinken Messer knife with a 5.5in blade, thought to have come from the same set, were recovered from the scene.
It is believed a house brick was also used in the attack.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'We retain an open mind as to a motive.'
The politician, a prominent member of the MQM (Muttahida Quami Movement) party, was living in exile after fleeing his homeland 11 years ago.
MQM members in London claimed the Taliban had issued a fatwa against party officials for their staunch opposition to Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan.
At the time of the killing, gangs torched vehicles and a shop in Karachi, where gas stations, schools and markets were closed and public transport halted as news of Dr Farooq's death spread.
A 34-year-old man arrested in Camden, north London, on suspicion of his murder was bailed by police in December to return to a north London police station this month.
Investigators are also hunting two men of Asian appearance seen in the area of the murder and have released an e-fit of one of them.
Read more: Pictured moments before his death: The Pakistani politician 'murdered in London for his politics' sparking riots in Karachi | Mail Online
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