Posted on 08/25/2007 10:57:03 AM PDT by knighthawk
Text of report headlined "Karachi: Student killed, 3 hurt in two groups' clash" published by Pakistani Geo News TV website on 25 August
Karachi: A student was killed and three others injured on Saturday [25 August] when two groups of students exchanged fire at the Jinnah Hospital Karachi.
The incident has caused tension and affected work in the hospital. The situation in the hospital was returning to normalcy after a firing incident 10 days ago, police said.
Armed men of a student organization started reaching the Jinnah Hospital on Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m.[0530gmt]. It caused anger in the activists of another organization already present in the hospital. The situation triggered exchange of heavy gunfire between the two groups. A student Farhan Butt was critically injured in the firing, three other students Sardar Wajid, Ahmed Ali and Javed Iqbal were also wounded in the incident. Farhan Butt later succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
The death of the student infuriated other students, which gathered at Jinnah Hospital and started chanting slogans. Angry crowds scuffled with policemen at various places and a policeman was beaten and manhandled.
Heavy contingents of Police and Rangers have been deployed in the area.
Jamat Islami leaders Mairajul Huda, Muhammad Hussain Mehnati and Nasrullah Shajee reached the hospital after the incident and inquired about the health of the wounded students. They condemned the incident and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.
Source: GEO TV website, Dubai, in English 25 Aug 07
ROP, huh? Suuuuure.....
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