Parent injured as school guard’s gun goes off
Witnesses says Asif Butt was leaving after dropping off his children to the school on University Road when he was hit.
“I had just dropped my children at school and was turning away when I was hit,” he said. “When I regained conscious, I was at the hospital.” STOCK IMAGE
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A man was injured when the gun of a security guard hired by a private school went off on Thursday.
Witnesses said Asif Butt was leaving after dropping off his children to the school on University Road at around 8am when he was hit by a bullet accidentally fired by a guard at the entrance.
Panic ensued around the school after the incident. Scores of people gathered there and called Rescue 1122.
The rescuers took Butt to the district headquarters hospital where doctors later said his condition was stable. Teams from two police stations responded to the emergency calls and cordoned off the area. They also arrested the security guard, Imanullah, a resident of Layyah. His gun was seized.
Talking to The Express Tribune, a spokesman for the school said the guard had not been employed by the school. “He was probably hired by someone else.” Annie Shahid, a witness, said that the guard had been cleaning his gun when it went off. She said he was the only guard manning the school entrance.
Cantt Station House Officer Farooq Hasnaat told The Express Tribune that the guard had been employed by the school. He said the man was not trained to use a gun. He said police would recommend action against the school administration for failing to train him before employing him.
Butt said he did not remember much after he was hit.
“I had just dropped my children at school and was turning away when I was hit,” he said. “When I regained conscious, I was at the hospital.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2015.
A man was injured when the gun of a security guard hired by a private school went off on Thursday.
Witnesses said Asif Butt was leaving after dropping off his children to the school on University Road at around 8am when he was hit by a bullet accidentally fired by a guard at the entrance.
Panic ensued around the school after the incident. Scores of people gathered there and called Rescue 1122.
The rescuers took Butt to the district headquarters hospital where doctors later said his condition was stable. Teams from two police stations responded to the emergency calls and cordoned off the area. They also arrested the security guard, Imanullah, a resident of Layyah. His gun was seized.
Talking to The Express Tribune, a spokesman for the school said the guard had not been employed by the school. “He was probably hired by someone else.” Annie Shahid, a witness, said that the guard had been cleaning his gun when it went off. She said he was the only guard manning the school entrance.
Cantt Station House Officer Farooq Hasnaat told The Express Tribune that the guard had been employed by the school. He said the man was not trained to use a gun. He said police would recommend action against the school administration for failing to train him before employing him.
Butt said he did not remember much after he was hit.
“I had just dropped my children at school and was turning away when I was hit,” he said. “When I regained conscious, I was at the hospital.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2015.