Islamabad gunfight leaves one cop dead, another injured

ISLAMABAD – A federal law enforcer was martyred and another injured in a shootout in Islamabad Saturday morning.

Reports in local media said the shootout took place near the Bhara Kahu police station. Sub-inspector Liaquat Ali was on routine patrol when two car-borne assailants opened fire on a passerby.

During the exchange of fire, a suspect suffered injuries, while another man was apprehended. Meanwhile, SI Liaquat Ali was killed in the exchange of fire, whose body has now been shifted to a hospital for medico-legal formalities.

SSP Operations Islamabad Faisal Kamran said that the attack occurred in wake of an old enmity between the two parties.

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“One suspect suffered injuries,” he said adding they obtained CCTV footage of the entire episode and the investigation is underway.

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