Pak Police-STP Clash
Pakistan: Cop shot at as STP protest turned violent in Nawabshah
Dadu, Pakistan: At least one policeman was shot during an exchange of fire between a group of Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STP) activists and police personnel during a demonstration on Monday in Pakistan's Nawabshah region.
According to the police, a group of armed STP activists were forcing shopkeepers to pull down the shutters at Regal Chowk, The Dawn reported.
When police tried to stop them, one of the activists fired some shots at the police, wounding constable Ramzan Jamali, while the others snatched his service gun.
According to sources, the police fired shots into the air to scare away the activists after failing to disperse them by applying baton charge, the newspaper reported.
The group of STP activists held demonstrations in different areas of the two cities and police restored to baton charge at several areas to disperse them, according to reports.
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