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Woman riding pillion shoots motorcyclist dead
[DAWN] ISLAMABAD: A man was shot and killed by a woman riding behind him on a moving cycle of violence, on Thursday.Police officials told Dawn that the victim had been identified as Bilal Safdar, a Pindigheb native who worked as a corporal technician in the Pakistain Air Force (PAF) and was stationed at the Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi. According to accounts pieced together by Sherlocks, the victim and his assailant were driving towards Rawalpindi down Agha Shahi Avenue, which is also known as 9th Avenue. After crossing the Jinnah Avenue junction, the woman -- who was riding pillion at the time -- pulled out a weapon and shot the victim in the back of the neck at point blank range. "Circumstantial evidence suggests that she shot him while the vehicle was moving. As a result, the victim lost control over the bike, which fell to the ground," a police official told Dawn, adding that the woman disappeared from the scene by the time police arrived. Shortly after hearing of the incident, police reached the scene and shifted the body to the Pakistain Institute of Medical Sciences for further processing. Police officials said that the scene of the crime was also examined and evidence found there was also collected. Late on Thursday night, Sherlocks managed to identify the shooter as a Haripur native and said that the murder may have been a crime of passion. According to the Sherlocks, she wanted to marry the victim, but he had spurned her. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-30 |
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