Stray bullet kills minor in Karachi

Victim was going in a van with family to see his sick sister in hospital

KARACHI:

A six-year-old child, Abdul Ghani, lost his life after being shot by a stray bullet while commuting in a high-roof van with his family in Qayyum Abad.

The station house officer (SHO) Korangi Industrial area Aurangzeb Khatak said that the bullet coming from an unknown direction hit the child's arm while breaking the window of the van and killed the child.

The SHO said that after being informed of the incident, the police reached the spot but could not find any evidence of firing at the scene, neither they found any bullet shell.

He said that the dead body of the child has been handed over to the family while an investigation has been started on the incident.

The deceased’s father, Abdul Rauf, told police that his daughter has been under treatment in a private hospital and all the family members had come to see her in a van.

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“After meeting our daughter at the hospital, on our way back home, a sound of a fire was heard following which my son also screamed and I saw my son injured”, Rauf said.

He told police that the victim was rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where he died during his treatment. We did not witness anyone shooting or running away, said Rauf in his statement to the police.  

The SHO further said that the victim’s family have refused to take any legal action on the matter.