CCTV footage captures moments preceding SSP Farooq Awan attack

Video shows a man abandoning a vehicle at the blast site moments before the explosion


Web Desk October 04, 2014

KARACHI: CCTV footage obtained by Express News shows the moments preceding a bomb attack that targeted senior anti-terror police officer SSP Farooq Awan in the Defence area of Karachi on September 25.

The blast killed two passers-by and injured seven others as it targeted the senior officer’s bomb-proof Prado on Khayaban-e-Momin near the Gizri graveyard roundabout in phase IV. Awan escaped with minor injuries.

The footage shows a man parking a car at the site where the bomb later went off. The man gets off from this car and limps away. The video also shows Awan's vehicle making a turning towards his house near the Saudi consulate.

COMMENTS (1)

maverick | 9 years ago | Reply

What's the use of cctv when no one is monitoring them...It could have easily been identified as a suspect car abandoned with doors unlocked and headlights on!!!

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