Police constable martyred in Karachi firing
Incident marks first targeted attack on police in the metropolis after a deadly year in which over a dozen officials were gunned...
KARACHI: A police constable was martyred in a targeted attack near North Nazimabad’s Landi Kotal Chowrangi early Saturday.
Police officials said two unidentified men riding a motorcycle, wihttheir helmets on, shot dead the constable, identified as Shakir Ahmad.
Shakir was en route to the Gulberg Police Station to begin his shift when he was attacked.
Police officials said Shakir was shot in the head and died on the spot.
Central SSP Rizwan Baloch said two 9mm shells have been recovered from the scene of the crime.
An eye-witness toldGeo News the slain constable was in his civvies, except for his police boots.
The incident marks the year’s first targeted attack against police in the city, and follows a deadly year of attacks against policemen in the metropolis, in which over a dozen officials were killed in the line of duty.
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