Policemen killing case: Case registered against unidentified persons
Two constables of the Sacchal police station were killed while guarding the Ismaili community's apartments
Two constables of the Sacchal police station were killed while guarding the Ismaili community's apartments. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
Police registered on Sunday a case against unidentified persons following an armed attack on policemen who were guarding the Ismaili community's apartments in Sacchal neighbourhood.
Investigators said they will also question the suspects arrested in the deadly attack on the Ismaili community's bus in the same neighbourhood, earlier this year.
The two police policemen, identified as Ali Raza and Ghulam Jafar, both constables posted at Sacchal police station were shot dead while performing their duty in the outskirts of the city on Saturday when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on them.
The Sacchal police registered on Sunday an FIR No 435/15 under sections 302/34, 404 of the Pakistan Penal Code and section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. The case was registered against unidentified persons on behalf of the state.
So far this year, 79 policemen have been killed in such targeted attacks in Karachi alone. Shortly after the incident, the responsibility of the attack was claimed by the banned militant outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. However, there was no major breakthrough in the investigations. Police officials investigating the case told The Express Tribune that the empty shells of the pistols used in the incident have been sent to the forensic laboratory of the Sindh police for the purpose of ballistics matching and that the investigators were waiting for the report.
In several such attacks in the past, the assailants have been seen to take away the officials' sub-machineguns (SMGs) with them after committing the crime. "We are also studying previous such cases, particularly in which the culprits took the officials' weapons away with them after targeting the policemen," said a police official of Sacchal police station, Shaukat Memon. Police officials were also getting help through geo-fencing and trying to find witnesses to help in drawing sketches.
Nearly 45 people belonging to the Ismaili community lost their lives while nearly half a dozen others were wounded when armed men barged into a bus and targeted them on May 13 this year. The key suspects involved in the deadly bus attack have already been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD). Police officials said that the suspects arrested in the bus attack will also be questioned as it was possible that members of the same group were behind the incident. Further investigations are underway.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2015.
Police registered on Sunday a case against unidentified persons following an armed attack on policemen who were guarding the Ismaili community's apartments in Sacchal neighbourhood.
Investigators said they will also question the suspects arrested in the deadly attack on the Ismaili community's bus in the same neighbourhood, earlier this year.
The two police policemen, identified as Ali Raza and Ghulam Jafar, both constables posted at Sacchal police station were shot dead while performing their duty in the outskirts of the city on Saturday when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on them.
The Sacchal police registered on Sunday an FIR No 435/15 under sections 302/34, 404 of the Pakistan Penal Code and section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. The case was registered against unidentified persons on behalf of the state.
So far this year, 79 policemen have been killed in such targeted attacks in Karachi alone. Shortly after the incident, the responsibility of the attack was claimed by the banned militant outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. However, there was no major breakthrough in the investigations. Police officials investigating the case told The Express Tribune that the empty shells of the pistols used in the incident have been sent to the forensic laboratory of the Sindh police for the purpose of ballistics matching and that the investigators were waiting for the report.
In several such attacks in the past, the assailants have been seen to take away the officials' sub-machineguns (SMGs) with them after committing the crime. "We are also studying previous such cases, particularly in which the culprits took the officials' weapons away with them after targeting the policemen," said a police official of Sacchal police station, Shaukat Memon. Police officials were also getting help through geo-fencing and trying to find witnesses to help in drawing sketches.
Nearly 45 people belonging to the Ismaili community lost their lives while nearly half a dozen others were wounded when armed men barged into a bus and targeted them on May 13 this year. The key suspects involved in the deadly bus attack have already been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD). Police officials said that the suspects arrested in the bus attack will also be questioned as it was possible that members of the same group were behind the incident. Further investigations are underway.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2015.