Man takes teenager’s life for irritating dog

Fourteen-year-old Aijaz was shot in the head which resulted in his death.

FAISALABAD: A man shot dead a teenager on Thursday for irritating his pet dog.

Fourteen-year-old Aijaz was shot in the head, doctors said, which resulted in his death.

Police said a few bedouin boys were begging on the streets in Millat Town, when a fight broke down between them and a dog owner who alleged that the beggar boys were irritating his dog. In the heat of the moment, the dog owner shot the boy.

The injured boy was transferred to Allied Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The accused has fled and police is on the lookout for him.

Earlier this year, a seven-year-old boy, who was kidnapped for ransom, was killed. The kidnappers had been in touch with the child’s parents and had asked for Rs10 million in ransom. The police said the child was first strangled and then drowned and left to be found by the police.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2017.