TTP claims responsibility for killing PML-N MPA in Gujranwala

Rana Shamshad, his son and an associate were killed in an ambush in Kamoke late Sunday

The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility on Monday for killing a PML-N legislator, his son and an associate in an ambush in Kamoke.

"Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan special task force targeted the PML-N MPA in Gujranwala's Kamonki area killing him at the scene,” the group's spokesperson Muhammad Khorasani said.

"The TTP attackers succeeded to flee the area after the incident," Khorasani added, in a statement emailed to the media.

Khorasanai claimed that three splinter groups of the Punjabi Taliban have merged into the TTP and have increased attacks in Punjab and Sindh provinces.

The TTP has adopted a policy of targeted killing in parts of the country after they have lost control of North Waziristan following army operations in the area.

Late on Sunday, gunmen opened fire on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA from Gujranwala, Rana Shamshad, while he was returning from his farmhouse.

Read: Punjab MPA killed in Kamoke ambush

Shamshad’s son Shahbaz, nephew Ali Wakeel and an associate Sheikh Shakeel were also killed in the attack.

Post-mortem results

Results following the post mortem of the deceased revealed that the son of the PML-N legislator died due to being shot in the chest while the aide died due to being hit at close range in head, several times, Express News reported.

Dr Naveed who conducted the post mortem revealed that Rana Shamshad was shot in approximately eleven times, five in the stomach and six in the head. The shots in the stomach caused his lungs to rupture, causing his death.