Family feud: Man shot dead, another injured

ISLAMABAD: A man was killed and another injured in the Sabzi Mandi area after two armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on them to settle a “family feud,” according to the Islamabad Police. Muhammad Imran, in his twenties, was shot and killed, while Ahmed Shakeel was critically injured during the incident. Imran and Shakeel were relatives and were walking near the vegetable market when they were attacked. The gunmen fled the scene after firing at the two men. According to a police officer at the Sabzi Mandi Police Station, the attackers and victims were all from Wah Cantt. The officer said initial investigations have shown there was a personal enmity between the families of the victims and the attackers. The body and the injured man were shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. The police have registered a case and further investigations are under way.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 20^th, 2014.