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Two policemen shot dead in targeted attack
 [Dawn] Two coppers were bumped off on Friday night in a targeted attack on their car in a locality, off Manghopir Road, where some men said to be associated with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain had been locked away a few months ago on a lead given by one of the coppers, officials said.Head Constable Nadeem Abbasi and Constable Mohammad Sajid were in a private car when they were targeted in Sultanabad within the remit of the Manghopir cop shoppe, said SSP (west) Asif Aijaz. He added that the head constable, who resided in the same area, was posted at the Manghopir cop shoppe and the constable was posted at the Shershah cop shoppe. Police Sherlocks said four to five shots were fired at each of the two coppers. One of them was struck down in his prime, while the other died at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, the Sherlocks added. Both the coppers were in civil dress and were travelling in a private car, said officials. The Sherlocks said 9mm pistols were used in the attack though the number and identity of the attackers were not clear yet. SSP (west) Asif Aijaz confirmed to Dawn that police acting on the information provided by the slain head constable had locked away some suspects belonging to the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban in Sultanabad a few months back. Teenager rubbed out A teenager was bumped off in a Gulshan-e-Iqbal locality near Samama Shopping Centre on Friday, police said. They said that Mohammad Irfan, 16, was standing near Samama Shopping Centre on main University Road when gunnies riding a cycle of violence fired at him. The victim sustained three bullet wounds and died before he could be moved to a hospital. The body was later shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. The police said that the victim, a resident of Godhra Camp in New Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , was a Class X student and was going to meet his friend in a nearby locality. He originally hailed from Larkana. Till late in the night, no FIR regarding the murder was lodged with the Mobina Town cop shoppe. Fishery worker killed A young fishery worker was rubbed out in the Shershah area, police said. They added that Fareed Khan, 35, along with his cousin, Mohammad Saleem, was going home in Shershah in a taxi when the former was targeted on Pritum Das Road near Lyari Expressway. Two gunnies riding a cycle of violence opened fire on the taxi, leaving Fareed dead, they added. The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi for medico-legal formalities. The victim had sustained four bullet wounds. Resident of Shershah, Urdu Bazaar, the victim originally hailed from the tribal areas, the police said, adding that a personal enmity might be a probable motive behind the incident. A case (FIR 19/2012) was registered under Section 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistain Penal Code against faceless myrmidons on a complaint of Saleem at the Shershah cop shoppe. In a similar incident, a worker at the fisheries was targeted on Mauripur Road a few days back. The victim hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Young man bumped off A young man was rubbed out in front of his house within the remit of the Sohrab Goth cop shoppe on Friday, police said. The officials added that some gunnies knocked at the door of 30-year-old Ghulam Sakhi's house and asked for him. As soon as he stepped out, they fired at him and decamped. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... police also quoted some eyewitnesses as saying that the gunnies opened fire on the victim after having an altercation with him. The victim was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He's dead, Jim! on arrival. The police said that the victim ran a department store in the area and he also had very close links with some coppers. The motive behind the murder could not be ascertained, the officials said. An FIR was yet to be lodged at the Sohrab Goth cop shoppe. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-05 |
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