Riots in north Pakistan kill 14
From CNN Producer Syed Mohsin Naqvi
 |  Fourteen people have died in the riots, sparked after an attack on a Muslim leader. |
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A curfew has been imposed on the northern Pakistani city of Gilgit after deadly riots -- sparked by an attack on a Muslim leader -- killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others, according to officials.
The riots broke out Saturday after gunmen opened fire on Aga Ziauddin, critically wounding the religious leader and killing two of his guards, according to Gilgit's deputy commissioner Sajid Baloch.
Ziauddin will be transferred Sunday by helicopter to a hospital in Islamabad.
One of the attackers was also killed when the guards returned fire. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Ziauddin's supporters took to the streets after the ambush, setting fire to dozens of shops, vehicles and government buildings.
The angry mob also torched the home of forest officer Taighun Nabi, burning him and five members of his family to death, Baloch said.
Elsewhere during the rampage, the health department's chief doctor Sher Wali was trapped in his office and fatally shot by the mob.
Another man was also killed as the mob shot randomly in the streets.
Army contingents are now patrolling the city, which borders the restive Kashmir province, and the local government says the situation is now under control.
