The Shi'ite Ahlul Bayt News Agency calls Dr. Abid Hussain a martyr. If his Sunni murderers had been killed in the process of murdering him, would they be martyrs also? I suppose it would depend on whether one asked a Sunni or a Shi'ite authority.

Sunni/Shi'ite Jihad Update: "Pakistani Shia Dr Abid Hussain Martyred in Karachi," from the [1] Ahlul Bayt News Agency, July 23 (thanks to [2] The Religion of Peace):

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The armed terrorists of Wahhabi organization on Friday gunned down a Shia Muslim Dr Abid Hussain in Tesar town Surjani.

The armed terrorists of Wahhabi organization Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lasjkar-e-Jhangvi and Taliban terrorists gunned down a Shia Doctor Abid Hussain (35) s/o Qadir Bux in surjani town.