Shots fired at plane landing in Peshawar; 1 killed, 2 injured

June 25, 2014 13:25

Meanwhile, a major catastrophe was narrowly averted when shots fired by unknown gunmen on a Pakistani passenger plane as it was landing at the airport here failed to cause damage to the aircraft but killed a woman passenger and injured two crew members.

The Boeing flight PK756, carrying 178 passengers from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to Peshawar, was fired upon for two minutes before landing at the Bacha Khan International airport last night.

A woman passenger was killed and two flight stewards- Wajid and Ijaz- were injured.

A police official said the shots could have been fired from a nearby residential area which is close to the airport. Authorities were scouring the area to find the attacker.

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