Wednesday 22 February 2012

Two cops, ‘outlaw’ killed in Abbottabad clash

ABBOTTABAD: Two cops and an alleged outlaw were killed in an exchange of fire in the Mir Alam town in the limits of the Mirpur Police Station on Wednesday, police sources said.
The sources said that the Rider Squad including police constables Sardar Haroon and Waheed were on routine patrol when they came across some suspected persons and stopped them for body search. They said that one of the persons opened fire on the cops and triggered an exchange of fire.
Both the cops were critically injured and an outlaw was shot dead on the spot. The cops died on way to the hospital. District Police Officer Abbottabad Karim Khan told The News that the outlaws were stated to be four in number and some of them were also injured in the shootout. The bodies were shifted to the Ayub Medical Complex. The identity of the slain outlaw could not be ascertained. The police cordoned off the area to capture the fleeing outlaws but there was no word about any arrest.

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