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A outstanding Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist was shot useless on Monday at a court docket constructing within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, in keeping with police and a witness.
Abdul Latif Afridi, 79, a former president of Pakistan’s Supreme Court bar affiliation, was shot six occasions in a break room on the Peshawar High Court, Capital City police officer Muhammad Ijaz Khan informed CNN.
Khan recognized the suspect as junior lawyer Adnan Sami Afridi, 24, circuitously associated to the deceased Afridi, and mentioned he was taken into custody.
Witness Hayat Roghani mentioned the alleged gunman raised his palms to give up after the taking pictures, saying he had taken revenge for his father’s dying. Police additionally informed CNN the alleged gunman mentioned it was a revenge killing.
The suspect’s father, lawyer Samiullah Afridi, was killed by unknown gunmen in 2015. At the time, two militant…
2023-01-17 04:04:11 Abdul Latif Afridi: Prominent Pakistani lawyer shot useless inside court docket constructing, police say
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