SP, army
colonel, captain killed in Gilgit-Baltistan ambush
GILGIT: Gunmen
sprayed bullets on a police vehicle early Tuesday, killing a senior policeman
and two army officials in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Chilas town. “Two guards also sustained injuries in the
predawn ambush on the security officials posted there,” said deputy inspector
general (DIG) police sharing initial information. Those killed included Senior
Superintendent Police (SP) Hilal Ahmed, an army colonel identified as Gulam Mustafa,
and a Captain. Colonel Mustafa was
reportedly responsible for internal security issues in the town that shares
boundaries with the Kohistan district of Khyber – Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). “The
officials were returning to the rest house from
the deputy commissioner house when they were ambushed by armed men,” DIG
told The Express Tribune by phone. Police cordoned off the area immediately and
launched a search operation to trace the killers.
According
to officials privy to the development, SP Hilal was driving the vehicles while
the army colonel was sitting beside him on the front seat when the vehicle came
under fire. SP Hilal died on the spot while Colonel Mustafa and the captain
breathed their last at the government hospital in Chilas, headquarter of district
Diamer. “This is an act of sheer
terrorism and we will get to them at all cost,” said DIG, adding that it was
too early to speculate who could be behind the attack. Tuesday’s shooting
occurred almost a month after armed men dressed as Gilgit Scouts killed 10
foreign tourists and their Pakistan
guide near the base camp of Nanga
Parbat, Pakistan’s
second highest peak located in Diamer district. SP Hilal was a resident of Swat
valley and was posted to the district sometime back. He was reportedly investigating
the tourists killing case. In a similar incident this year, unidentified gunmen
had killed a DSP and his two guards in the valley.
Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/
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