Overview
- Police say the shooting occurred on Sunday when officers took the two suspects, identified as Abdullah and Malhay/Malha Khan, to a scrapyard near Rawal Town to recover stolen property.
- Authorities say the men had been in physical remand on charges that include snatching a woman’s mobile phone, an attempted rape and causing injury.
- According to police, four armed accomplices hiding in a nearby forest opened fire at the team in an apparent bid to free the detainees, and the two detainees sustained gunshot wounds.
- The injured men were taken to hospital and later died, while police personnel escaped harm because officers were wearing bulletproof jackets and other protective gear, officials said.
- Police said the attackers fled after the shooting and that the incident raises the number of suspects killed in alleged encounters in Islamabad this year to seven as the search for the fugitives continues.