Two policemen shot dead in Gilgit

Initial investigation reveals they were targeted over personal motives

GILGIT: Two policemen were shot dead Thursday evening in Skwar, in the suburbs of Gilgit city.

According to the police, Hussain Iqbal and Manzoom Hussain were killed around 6pm when armed men attacked them and fled. The policemen were not in the uniform when they were shot and killed, said an officer.

Preliminary investigations reveal the two officers might have been killed over personal enmity. “This appears to be in retaliation of the murder of a soldier recently. There are eyewitness accounts,” he added.

Iqbal was in the elite police force while Manzoom Hussain was in the special branch and currently posted at the Chief Minister's Secretariat.

Police registered a case and started investigation.