Samaa TV van attacked in Karachi; technician killed
Monday, February 13th, 2017 12:40:29 by fatimaarshad
An employee of a news channel called Samaa TV was killed on Sunday when unidentified assailants opened fire on the Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van while it was there to cover an earlier incident.
According to the details of the incident provided, a 22-year-old technician identified as Taimur, was killed as a result of the injuries he received. The incident took place in Karachi’s North Nazimabad area at KDA Chowrangi near Dolmen Mall.
Police told reporters that the Samaa TV DSNG van was present at the site to cover an incident which involved a fire cracker attack near a police van. When the van reached the site, unidentified assailants opened fire at it, severely injuring Taimur.
The victim received a bullet wound to the head and was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Over there, Additional Police Surgeon Dr. Rohina Hasan started operating on Taimur but he died while the procedure was still underway.
“Postmortem has not been conducted yet,” added Hasan.
According to police sources, the same suspects who attacked the police van, might be the ones who ambushed the Samaa TV van.
“Our team members along with the DSNG had gone there to cover the cracker attack on the police vehicle when they came under attack,” said Samaa TV’s director news, Farhan Malik.
SSP Central Muqaddas Haider said the same suspects might be involved in both the incidents and added the cracker attack on the police vehicle did not cause any damage.
“It appears that the suspects attacked the police mobile with a cracker to attract media’s attention and when the Samaa team arrived, they chased and attacked it,” added Haider.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of the incident and ordered authorities to find the culprits and arrest them.
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on Feb 13 2017. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan.
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