Islamabad police encounter deaths in capital rise to seven
Police say two under-custody suspects died after gunfire during an Islamabad police encounter near Shahzad Town, taking alleged encounter deaths in the capital this year to seven.
Police said two under-custody suspects were killed on Sunday in an alleged Islamabad police encounter.
Police named the dead men as Abdullah and Malha Khan, said to be Afghan nationals held over a woman’s mobile phone snatching, attempted rape and injury.
Police said the pair were taken to a scrap yard near Rawal Town in the Shahzad Town area when four armed accomplices opened fire.
Authorities said the detainees died of wounds blamed on that gunfire; the police team was unhurt and the shooters fled.
Police said the number of suspects killed in alleged encounters in the capital this year has risen to seven.