A news anchor of a prominent Pakistani channel was killed during a fight over a personal dispute in Khayaban-e-Bukhari area, according to police on Wednesday.
South DIG Sharjeel Kharal said, “Bol News anchor Mureed Abbas had a heated argument with some people over a monetary dispute which escalated into a violent clash in Khayaban-e-Bukhari area on Tuesday night”.
He further said, “The accused opened fire, killing the anchor and his friend”.
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“Abbas sustained multiple bullet wounds in chest and abdomen”, he added.
The officer said that “a police party raided the residence of the suspected killer and caught him attempting suicide”, Dawn News reported.
“The suspect shot himself in the chest,” an officer said.
“He was shifted to a local hospital in critical condition”, he added.
Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Executive Director Seemin Jamali had confirmed that the scribe was brought dead to the hospital.
She also said that “the anchorperson sustained multiple bullet wounds on the chest and abdomen”.
Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah was on a visit to Iran also expressed his concern about the incident and discussed the matter with the chief secretary over the phone.
He issued directions to maintain law and order in the city.
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