Assassination of Ataullah Shah
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Bannu Ada, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Morning (PST)
| Assassination of Ataullah Shah | |
|---|---|
  Bannu Ada  Bannu Ada  Bannu Ada | |
| Location | 31°50′6.34″N 70°54′46.71″E / 31.8350944°N 70.9129750°E Bannu Ada, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Date | 19 August 2017 Morning (PST) |
| Target | Ataullah Shah |
Attack type | |
| Weapons | Guns |
| Deaths | 1 (Shah) |
| Motive | Sectarian violence |
On 19 August 2017, Attaullah Shah, a prominent worker of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), was shot dead by unknown assailants at Bannu Ada, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one claimed responsibility of the assault.
Ataullah Shah originated from Paniyala and was living in Dera Ismail Khan for several years. He was a spiritual teacher and was serving as Khateeb (sermon-giver) of a local mosque. Shah was considered a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) and was aide of its chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman.[1][2]
Background
JUI (F)'s members' execution
In May 2017, a suicide bombing targeting Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, a leader of JUI (F), left 25 people dead. However Haideri himself managed to escape.[3] The current attack came weeks after Qari Haq Nawaz, leader of JUI (F), was shot dead by unknown assailants in Charsada.[4]
Recent killings in the city
Dera Ismail Khan has been home to terrorism in the past. There had been many incidents of bombings. However, for the past half a decade, there had been no such incident in the city. The violence sparked again in August 2017. Two police constables were gunned down on August 11 near Kotli Imam Hussain Imambargah. Two days later, a government servant was shot dead at his doorstep in Maryali area. A milk-seller was critically injured due to firing in Eidgah on August 17.[5]