One killed over minor dispute

A youth was allegedly shot dead on Friday after adults jumped into a fight over a children’s dispute in the Gharibabad area within the limits of the Airport Police Station in Rawalpindi.

According to a spokesperson for the police, the incident took place when opposing groups opened fire on each other.

As a result, a bullet hit a young man named Hakeem Khan. He said locals shifted the seriously injured to the Benazir Bhutto General Hospital where the doctors pronounced the young man dead on arrival.

They said the victim died due to excessive bleeding. The police reached the spot and collected bullet casings and other evidence from the scene.

He added that the police handed over the body to the relatives after completing medico-legal formalities.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2023.