2 Hindu pilgrims killed in Pakistani attack

May 30, 2006

SUKKUR, PAKISTAN: Unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan killing two and wounding seven, police said on Monday.

While violence between militants fromJihadisects is relatively common in Pakistan, the country's tiny Hindu minority has not suffered serious violence in recent years.

The convoy of about 20 vehicles carrying Pakistani and Indian Hindus was attacked late on Sunday in a remote part of Sindh province, police said.

"They were returning from a holy place when three armed men opened fire and killed two men and wounded seven," said police official Rana Sanaullah.

Sanaullah and hospital officials said all of the dead and wounded were Pakistanis.