PTI | Islamabad | Updated: 28-02-2021 18:51 IST | Created: 28-02-2021 18:51 IST
A prominent local Pakistani cleric associated with Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl has been shot dead along with his son and a seminary student by unknown gunmen on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place late Saturday night in the Bhara Kahu area when MuftiIkramur Rehman was going towards his car and came under the attack. His 13-year-old son Samiullah and the student were also killed.
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At least three gunmen fired at them and fled after the attack, local police officer Shahzad Khan told the media, adding that the victims succumbed to multiple bullet injuries at a hospital.