Lawyer of Pak doctor who helped trace bin Laden shot dead

March 17, 2015 21:37

The lawyer of the doctor who helped US forces track down Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in a fake polio vaccination drive was shot dead by unknown armed men, police said.

Samiullah Afridi, counsel for Dr Shakeel Afridi, was ambushed by gunmen while on his way home in a car in Mathra village, a rural locality of Peshawar district. Samiullah had just returned home after three months abroad. Local police rushed to the site and started search operation to nab the assassins. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing yet.

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