Ahmadi doctor killed inside his clinic in K-P

16-year-old attacker was arrested with a pistol, according to police

PESHAWAR:

A local practitioner, hailing from the Ahmadi minority community, was gunned down in his clinic on the outskirts of Peshawar Thursday afternoon.

Police said that the attacker, a 16-year-old youth, was arrested and a pistol used in the murder was also recovered from his possession.

“He [the suspect] is just a child who had been brainwashed and sent for the murder. He entered the clinic of Abdul Qadir and opened fire at him, killing him on the spot,” SP Waqar Khan told The Express Tribune.

The suspect, a resident of Khyber tribal district, was overpowered by people and later handed over to the police, he added.

An FIR in the murder is yet to be registered. According to police, it was a targeted attack and the motive was sectarian.

Abdul Qadir was a resident of Bazid Khel village where a small Ahmadi community used to live until recently. He was not an MBBS doctor but rather a paramedic who was practising locally.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 12^th, 2021.