Pak prosecutor handling 26/11, Bhutto cases shot dead

May 03, 2013 09:08

Just In: Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, Pakistani prosecutor handling the 26/11 Mumbai attack case and the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, has been shot dead in Islamabad.

Dawn reported that unknown gunmen opened fire on Zulfiqar Ali's car in Islamabad's G-9 area leaving him severely injured and his guard. He was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Doctors said that he was pounded with five bullets targeting his chest and shoulder.

Moreover, police added that two people, including a woman, were also killed due to firing in the same incident.

Police subsequently cordoned off the area and started their investigation.

He was scheduled to appear in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Friday (today) pertaining to the Benazir Bhutto murder case.

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