Sikandar who kept traffic and business activities on the point in Blue Area suspended for many hours. PHOTO: AFP
The three bullets that wounded Sikandar were removed during the surgery.
His blood pressure has returned to normal and he was removed from the ventilator, the doctors said. However, they added that Sikandar is still not out of danger.
His wife, Kanwal, also sustained injuries when she was shot by a bullet on Thursday. The bullet was removed.
The man armed with two sub-machine guns and accompanied with a woman and two children, whom he claimed were his wife and children, had driven into the middle of the Constitution Avenue on Thursday evening where he fired on the police and started a stand off.
The stand off that had been created on Constitution Avenue in Islamabad after firing on the police, ended after almost six hours when Pakistan People’s Party leader Zamrud Khan approached and tried to grab him.
This, though, caught the gunman off guard and he quickly peddled back, and raised his guns in the air. Soon after the commandos shot at the gunman, hitting him in the chest and leg.
Sikandar was shifted to PIMS Hospital immediately after that, where he was treated for his injuries.
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@Abdullah: 2 sniper shots, i don’t think he will make it, he took one in the chest…
I hope they were not aiming at his head. Guy is lucky. Rangers shot and killed a Taxi driver for failing to stop.
it was jinnah avenue rather than constitution avenue
@MJ
Lol i thought of the same thing :D ....but he shot fires from both the guns so the guns are legit
I am no expert but the gun that he is holding up in the air looks like a toy gun while the other one he holding down by his side looks real. Can anyone comment and identify the guns?
2 sniper shots, i don't think he will make it, he took one in the chest...