Hindu doctor shot dead, lady doctor injured in firing in Pakistan
Islamabad: A Pakistani Hindu doctor became a victim of target killing near Layari in Karachi while returning home from his clinic on Thursday, Dunya News reported.
Former Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) senior director of health and eye specialist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Karachi on Thursday, Geo News reported.
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According to the police, the doctor and his assistant lady doctor were travelling to Gulshan-e-Iqbal from Ramswamy when unidentified men targeted their car near the Garden interchange on the Lyari Expressway. The doctor died on the spot while his assistant lady doctor sustained bullet injuries.
After receiving information regarding the incident, the police and the rescue officials reached the site and took the body and the injured to the hospital, as per the Geo News report. The CCTV footage of the incident shows the doctor's car moving uncontrollably and smashing into a wall.
Speaking to reporters, SSP City Arif Aziz called the doctor's murder a “target killing.” Arif Aziz further said that the exact reason behind the murder is not known yet. The lady doctor who worked with the was in the vehicle when the unidentified assailants attacked the vehicle.
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