CCTV footage captures shocking murder of Karachi policeman

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KARACHI: DawnNews received footage on Tuesday of a policeman who was recently killed when unknown assailants opened fire on him in Karachi.

The murder was captured on a CCTV camera which showed two unidentified men riding a motorcycle spraying bullets at Assistant Sub-Inspector Tahir Ghazi when he was travelling from Kashmir road to Khudadad Chowrangi.

The shocking video shows Ghazi sustain fatal bullet wounds in broad daylight with traffic on the road. The footage captures one of the assailants spraying bullets at the policeman's upper body, following which Ghazi swerved to his right and collapsed at the side of the road.

The attackers then drove up to Ghazi, and one assailant got off the motorcycle, walked up to the wounded officer and took his pistol. The assailants then fled the scene.

Ghazi was on his way to duty from home when he was killed. He was deployed at the Soldier Bazaar police station.

Karachi, the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, is riddled with targeted killings, gang wars, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism.

Targeted operations led by Rangers’ forces with the support of police are ongoing in the city under a directive issued by the federal government against criminals already identified by federal, military and civilian agencies.

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