Pakistan
Pakistan: Flood victims killed in alleged 'police firing'
Quetta: One flood victim was killed in an alleged police firing during distribution of relief goods by an NGO in the cattle farm area of Jafferabad district of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
According to reports, hundreds of people had gathered after a foreign NGO announced to distribute relief goods, including tents, food and other items among the flood victims.
When the officials started distributing relief goods, people began pushing and snatched relief goods which resulted in a stampede, Dawn News reported.
Amid the ruckus, the police baton-charged the flood victims to disperse the crowd, the Pakistani newspaper reported.
Sources told Dawn News that during the effort to clear the area, the police opened fire which hit a flood victim who got seriously injured.
He was taken to Dera Allahyar district hospital.
He died before arriving at the hospital.
The deceased person was identified as 24-year-old Norez Ahmed Mastoi.
The family has alleged that a policeman opened direct fire on the orders of cattle farm police station SHO, reports Dawn News.
Jafferabad Senior Superin-tendent Police, Jawad Tariq, while confirming the casualty, said an FIR has been registered against police officials upon the heirs’ complaint.
“The firing happened when the police were dispersing the mob gathered at the site to protect NGO officials,” he told Dawn over phone.
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