Robbers shoot man for quarrelling

Victim was shot at in Yakki Gate early Friday morning as he was heading to the railway station to leave for Sindh

LAHORE: A man has been hospitalised with critical gunshot wounds in yet another incident of a botched robbery in Lahore. The victim was shot at by robbers in Yakki Gate early Friday morning as he was heading to the railway station to leave for Sindh.

Abdul Khalid, who has been admitted to Mayo Hospital, was travelling on a motorcycle with his cousin Qaboos Butt when two armed suspects forced them to stop near Aqsa Mosque, Sheranwala Gate. The suspects snatched all valuables from the victims on gunpoint.

“They ordered us to hand them over our wallets and we complied,” Qaboos told The Express Tribune. “Then they demanded the motorcycle keys. We did as they said, but they started misbehaving with us at which my cousin asked them to leave instead of harassing us.”

At this, the suspects opened fire at Khalid, 28, and fled. “My brother being shot in front of my eyes was terrifying. I lost my senses,” Qaboos said. “I am still having flashbacks of his screams and the splashes of blood.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 25^th, 2017.