In the crosshairs: Media van attacked in Karachi
As a result of the attack, technician Hassan Mateen was seriously injured
Attacked DSNG van of Dawn News. SCREEN GRAB
KARACHI:
At least one person was injured when a van belonging to local television channel came under a gun attack in Karachi late on Friday evening.
District East SSP Javed Jiskani said that they had found four empty bullet casings from the scene of the crime. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal, while taking the serious notice of the incident asked the IGP Sindh Ghulam Hyder Jamali to submit the report about the incident and arrest the culprits.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2015.
At least one person was injured when a van belonging to local television channel came under a gun attack in Karachi late on Friday evening.
According to details, a digital satellite news gathering van of DawnNews was travelling from North Nazimabad to Hassan Square when two armed motorcyclists opened fire at it near Essa Nagri.
As a result of the attack, technician Hassan Mateen was seriously injured.
He was rushed to the Liaquat National Hospital where doctors said he had been shot in the shoulder and described his condition as stable.
District East SSP Javed Jiskani said that they had found four empty bullet casings from the scene of the crime. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal, while taking the serious notice of the incident asked the IGP Sindh Ghulam Hyder Jamali to submit the report about the incident and arrest the culprits.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2015.