Karachi police officer shot dead inside his Gulshan-e-Hadeed home
Sindh home minister Ziaul Lanjar sought a report from the SSP Malir and ordered police to identify those behind the firing, in which the officer's wife was badly wounded.
KARACHI: A police officer, Javed Abro, was shot dead inside his house in Gulshan-e-Hadeed Phase II in Karachi and his wife was seriously wounded in the same firing, ARY News reported.
Police officials said unidentified armed men entered the house and opened fire, targeting the officer. He died of his injuries. His wife was shifted to a hospital for treatment. ARY News described the officer as martyred.
The attackers fled after the shooting, according to the police. Officers began collecting evidence from the scene and an investigation is under way. Officials have not said how many men entered the house, what weapons they used or what they believe the motive was, and no suspect has been named publicly. No group has claimed responsibility.
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Lanjar took notice of the incident and sought a report from the Senior Superintendent of Police Malir. He directed police to identify those involved immediately and to bring them to justice. The minister's notice referred to the firing as having taken place in Steel Town, while the police account in the ARY News report placed it in Gulshan-e-Hadeed Phase II, a residential area that adjoins Steel Town in Karachi's Malir district.
ARY News did not report any arrest in the case, and did not give the officer's rank or the police unit he was attached to.
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