Intelligence officer among three shot dead in Sarogodha firing
SARGODHA: Armed terrorists attacked Astana Fazl near 49 Tail in Sargodha killing three people, including a brigadier of an agency, and severely injuring nine others.
According to police sources six armed terrorists, riding on motorcycles, opened fire at a religious ceremony at the Astana.
Brigadier Fazl Zahoor, younger brother of the shrine caretaker Zahoor Subhani and one Mohammad Ayub were killed.
The injured included Brigadier Fazl Zahoor’s gunman Amjad Mahmood, Mohammad Azim, Ahsanul Haq, Qaiser Abbas, Mohammad Zafar and Asghar Ali.
The injured were admitted to DHQ Hospital Sargodha. Three of the injured are stated to be in a precarious condition.
It is said that Brigadier Fazl Zahoor was stationed in Islamabad and used to participate in this ceremony regularly.
No police official was present at the time of the incident.According to the people gathered at the place of the incident, Brigadier Fazl Zahoor was the target of terrorists.