the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India
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On the night of Sept. 30, Sindhi militants sprayed the streets of Hyderabad with gunfire, massacring nearly 200 people, mostly ethnic Indians, authorities said.
Both Hyderabad and Karachi, with eight million people, have been the scene of violent ethnic clashes between Indian immigrants and Sindhi separatists.
Earlier, police said they suspected Sindhi nationalists had carried out the attacks.
Sindh nationalists had called a one-day strike Sunday to protest the arrest several weeks ago of Qada Magsi, a Sindhi activist, charged with inciting violence.
Kamal and Naqpit, however, were gunned down outside the local telegraph office in Larkana after sending stories to their papers about a news conference with Sindhi nationalists.
The strike was called to protest the arrest several weeks ago of a Sindhi activist, Qadar Magsi, who was charged with inciting violence.
Members of the Mohajir Quami Movement, a militant Indian immigrant party, and Sindhi nationalists demanding independence or greater autonomy are behind the violence, police said.
The highest death toll ever reported previously in that city was 18 in riots last July that followed an unsuccessful attempt by Sindhi student radicals to assassinate Mohajir Mayor Aftab Sheikh.