Transgender person killed, two others injured in Jatta Ismail Khan firing incident

Transgender persons were attacked when returning to Peshawar from a musical event in Karak district

PESHAWAR: At least one transgender person was killed and two others critically injured when armed men opened fire on their vehicle in Jatta Ismail Khel late Tuesday night.

Initial details suggest the transgender persons were returning to Peshawar after attending a musical event in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district when their vehicle came under attack.

Sources said the victim belong to Mansehra district while the injured hail from Peshawar and Swabi. The K-P police has launched a search operation in the area to nab the suspects.



The transgender community regularly comes under attack in the north-western province. Last year, the Alliance for Transgender and Inter-sex Community (TransAction) claimed that incidents of violence against them and hate crimes perpetrated by the police administration in various districts were on the rise.

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Qazi Jamil of Peshawar had formed a four-member high-level committee to submit a comprehensive report on the incidents of violence against the transgender community in K-P. The decision to form a committee came after frequent reports surfaced of transgender persons being mugged, assaulted and harassed regularly across the city.