Targeted Attack: School principal, nephew killed

School principal with his 3 children and 2 nephews, was en route to school when men opened fire on their vehicle.

QUETTA:

Gunmen ambushed a car in Kharan district on Saturday, killing a school principal and his 12-year-old nephew and injuring four others.

According to police, the school principal, Muzaffar Hussain Jamali, along with his three children and two nephews, was en route to the school from home when men on two motorcycles opened fire on their vehicle.

As a result, Ubaidullah, the 12-year-old nephew of Jamali, died on the spot while the remaining five, including Jamali himself, sustained bullet wounds. “The assailants opened fire at the car from two directions,” a relative said. The miscreants managed to escape from the scene. Police rushed to the spot soon after the incident and cordoned off the area.

The casualties were taken to a nearby state-run hospital. However, Jamali succumbed to his injuries during the course of treatment.

Jamali had been receiving threats from armed groups for the past couple of months. “He received several text messages on his cell phone,” the relative said and added that police had been informed accordingly.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 27^th, 2012.