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| Teenage accused in murder of 7-year-old killed during escape bid: police | |
| 2015-01-27 | |
[DAWN] The prime suspect in the assault and murder of a seven-year-old boy in Lahore's Green Town area was killed during a foiled escape bid, while being shifted to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the picturesque provincial capital city on Monday, police sources claimed.
Police had taken a number of suspects in jug before carrying out a thorough investigation that included DNA and polygraph tests. The other suspects were later released. The murder mystery was solved after the DNA report of 17-year-old Shoaib, had confirmed him as the convict. Shoaib was being transported to the ATC today when he allegedly made an escape bid after snatching the rifle of a police guard escorting him when the vehicle he was travelling in neared Moslem Town underpass, police sources claimed. Sources added that the suspect was killed in an ensuing encounter. Initially a video circulating on social media websites had shown a muezzin (prayer caller) 'confessing' to the gruesome assault and murder in front of local police. The video was not verified by police nor recognised by the court hearing the case. Later a probe by the CIA police had declared the muezzin innocent in the murder, following which he was released on the orders of Lahore's ATC No. 2. | |
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