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Massacre suspect killed
Gun battle ends manhunt
A militant Hindu activist, who was suspected of involvement in the massacre of Christians at a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, last October, was killed in March during a gun battle with police.

Police said that Shakeel Amwar, alias Ghulam Mustafa, who was wanted for some 150 acts of terrorism and 18 murders, was killed in a shootout in Bahawalpur. A police spokesman said Anwar was a “dangerous criminal” and a key member of the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

Anwar, who carried a $25,000 bounty on his head, was suspected by police of involvement in the October 28 attack on St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in Bahawalpur, where 16 Protestant worshippers were slain.