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| One dead in firing on Geo TV DSNG van in Karachi |
| 2015-09-09 |
| [DAWN] Three unknown gunnies riding a cycle of violence shot up a Geo TV Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) vehicle Tuesday night in the Bahadurabad area of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , killing a Geo News employee and injuring another, said police. Ferozabad Station House Officer (SHO) told Dawn that the news van was parked near the busy Naheed Store when unknown assailants fired shots and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. There were four persons in the van; two of them had left the vehicle when cycle of violence riding men emerged and fired shots at the two personnel still inside the van. Initially, the two injured media workers -- a technician and a driver -- were taken to a hospital where Arshad Ali Jaffery departed this vale of tears. Anees, the driver, is said to be in a stable condition. The slain media worker was shot seven times, while the driver was shot twice in his shoulder, said police. Officials said the incident appeared to be a targeted attack, but it was not clear whether the target was Jaffery or Geo News. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal has taken notice of the attack and summoned a report from DIG East Muneer Sheikh, ordering immediate arrest of the suspects. This is not the first attack of its nature, targeting media workers. Early last year, three employees of Express News channel were rubbed out in North Nazimabad in an attack claimed by the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain. Karachi Central SSP Amir Farooqi had at the time said four gunnies on two cycle of violences emerged at the Board Office traffic intersection where the van of the news channel was stationed. Two of the assailants got off the bikes and opened indiscriminate fire on the van. The assailants, wearing shalwar qameez, escaped after the shooting. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Shoot up a TV news van? Sure, electromagnetism is, like, totally un-Islamic. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-09-09 14:40 |