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Wedding guests open fire at police
 [DAWN] RAWALPINDI: A bridegroom and three wedding guests landed in a police lockup on charges of terrorism after they shot at a police party attempting to stop them from firing in the air in celebration.A police team was patrolling the streets after midnight when it heard the sound of gunfire from Mohallah Raja Sultan. When the police reached the scene, they found some guests at a wedding party firing in the air in violation of the government ban against celebratory firing. When the coppers tried to stop the guests from firing, they began yelling at them and one guest started shooting at the cops, injuring Constable Tauqeer Ahmed. Some other guests began pelting the coppers with stones and beating them, injuring constables Adeel Ahmed, Mazhar Hassan and Amjad Ali. Sub-inspector Arshad Ali, who is investigating the case, told Dawn the wedding guests threw stones at the coppers, tore their uniform and snatched their cycle of violence. He said there were 12 people nominated in the FIR and four of them, including the bridegroom, have been jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... and will remain in police custody for seven days. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-13 |
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