Pakistan
Pakistan: Suspected 'robbers' gun down Sikh pilgrim in Nankana Sahib
Suspected robbers shot dead a Sikh pilgrim in Nankana Sahib region of Pakistan on Wednesday.
Complainant Akshat Kumar of Osta Muhammad, Jaffarabad, Balochistan, informed Warburton police that he along with his brother-in-law Rajesh Kumar and another man, Doulat Ram, was on way to Nankana Sahib to visit Gurdwara Janam Asthan, by a car driven by Ihsanullah, a resident of Sheikhupura, reported Dawn News.
He said when they reached near Chak 572, three gunmen on a motorcycle intercepted them and snatched Rs450,000 cash from them and Rs10,000 from the driver.
He said two accomplices of the gunmen also arrived there on a bike and the criminals opened fire on their car.
The gunmen escaped the spot after the shooting.
Rajesh Kumar, who was injured in the incident, succumbed to his injury later.
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