Categories: Pakistan

Police constable shot dead in Karachi

F.P. Report

KARACHI: A police constable was shot dead in an attack near North Nazimabad’s Landi Kotal Chowrangi on early Friday morning.

SSP Rizwan Baloch told private news channel that two unidentified men riding a motorcycle, with their helmets on opened fire on police constable as Shakir Ahmad as he was on the way to begin his shift at the Gulberg Police Station.

He added that two 9mm shells have been recovered from the scene of the crime.

The incident marks the year’s first targeted attack against police in the city, and follows a deadly year of attacks against policemen in the metropolis, in which over a dozen officials were killed in the line of duty.

 

The Frontier Post

Recent Posts

Afghanistan airdrops commandos to rescue earthquake survivors

KABUL/MAZAR DARA (Reuters): A fghanistan airdropped commandos on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble…

36 minutes ago

Taiwan criticizes strongmen cults as China holds military parade

TAIPEI (Reuters): Taiwan President Lai Ching-te criticized strongmen personality cults and secret police networks on…

1 hour ago

Trump accuses Xi, Kim and Putin of conspiring against US

WASHINGTON (AFP): President Donald Trump accused the leaders of China, North Korea and Russia late…

4 hours ago

Xi, Putin, and Kim gather at Beijing landmark for a grand military parade

BEIJING (AFP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping and invited guests including Russian President Vladimir Putin and…

4 hours ago

Trump says 11 killed in US strike on drug-carrying vessel from Venezuela

WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump says the US has carried out a strike against a…

4 hours ago

UK doesn’t know how much massive Afghan data leak will cost, watchdog says

LONDON (Reuters) : Britain's defence ministry does not know how exactly much it will cost…

4 hours ago

This website uses cookies.