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Surge in number of people killed in 'encounters', drop in overall killings
[DAWN] KARACHI: The number of people killed in police encounters in the city has shown an increase of over 64 per cent in the first six months of the current year as compared to the same period during the last year, says a report released on Tuesday.The report comprises comparison of the data relating to the first six months ---- January to June ---- of 2014 and the same period of 2015 and is prepared by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistain. The report says that while 191 people were killed in police encounters in 2014, the number of those killed in police encounters jumped to 255 during the same period in 2015. The report, however, says that the overall number of those killed in the first six months of last year was 1,558 and the number of those killed during the corresponding period this year was 1,040 ---- a drop of over 34 per cent. There has been a drastic drop in the number of assassination of non-political people. While 403 such people were killed last year, the number of such people killed during the current year was 128 ---- a drop of around 68pc. The report says that 79 political activists were killed last year while the number of those killed during the current year was 33, 58pc less than those killed last year. The number of dead bodies found this year also dropped by over 46pc as compared to that of last year, when 201 bodies were found, while 109 bodies were found during the current year. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-16 |
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