U.S. academic shot at in Karachi, hospitalised
A
55-year-old American woman was shot and critically wounded on Friday by
unknown assailants in Pakistan’s commercial hub here. Debra Lobo who
was working as the vice-principal of the Jinnah Medical and Dental
College’s student affairs wing was attacked on the busy Shaheed-e-Millat
Road and was rushed to hospital where doctors are trying to save her
life.
Police said that Ms. Lobo
was attacked by four unidentified gunmen as she left the college
premises. The American national from California left her college in the
afternoon for her home when four gunmen shot her twice in the cheek and
shoulder. Ms.Lobo is an associate professor of community medicine. In a
separate incident, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Preedy police
station in Saddar town was gunned down in Akhtar Colony.
Police
said armed gunmen opened fire on Aijaz Khawaja while he was in his car
and was severely injured. He later succumbed to his injuries. Target
killings, kidnappings, extortion and street crime have become a menace
in Pakistan’s biggest city and the fresh round of target killings come
just as the paramilitary rangers claim to have stepped up and gained
success in its operation against terrorists and criminals and organised
crime lords. According to police records 2,029 people were murdered on
the streets of Karachi in 2014.
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