Senior police officer shot dead in Karachi

Senior police officer shot dead in KARACHI

KARACHI- Former Hyderabad jail superintendent Ejaz Haider wes gunned down in broad daylight in Karachi on Friday when a gunman on a motorbike sprayed bullets at his car Ejaz was the third police officer gunned down in a sudden spate of killings targeting senior officers in the city.

“ the killing of three senior ranking officers in 15 days is quite unusual,” a senior police officer requesting not be named told Reuters.

“earlier, low-ranking policeman like constables and assistant sub-inspectors were being targeted, but now the pattern is changing.

It was unclear who was behind the shootings, or even if they are linked.

SSP Ejaz who shotin the face and chest in the incident that came near Pehlwan Goth in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar area.

Police said he was accomplishing the SSP along eith two other woman namely shazia and Sehrish, was also wonded in the attack that occurred in the limits of Shahrah-e-Faisa police station.

Police quoting the witness said that a single gunman on a motorbike intercepted the car and fired at it.

The gunman shot the police officer multiple times and managed to flee the sense As many as 16 bullets were fired at the car

The body of Ejaz, who died on the spot, was taken to nearby hospital and later shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center for autopsy.