Australia demands answers after girl taken hostage is shot dead by Pakistan police

Pakistani police said the nine-year-old was mistakenly shot as they pursued a group of armed robbers.

Pakistani police officer arrested over shooting death of ‘happy, bubbly, friendly’ Australian girl Hania Ahmed

Punjab police said an officer mistakenly opened fire at the Ahmed family, who were victims of a robbery at Chakwal A Pakistani police officer has been stood down and arrested after mistakenly shooting dead a young Australian girl while on holiday with her family. Australian-born Hania Ahmed and her family were visiting a relative at Chakwal, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, when they were robbed while in their rental car late on Wednesday night (local time). Continue reading...

By Australian Associated Press

Israeli forces kill three-year-old Palestinian boy on family farm in Gaza

Rayan Abu al-Ajeen was being carried in Gaza when both were shot by Israeli forces on Sunday, family says.

Australian girl dies after Pakistani police ‘mistakenly’ shoots family, officer arrested

Police shot and killed an Australian child in eastern Pakistan, authorities said, with Canberra calling on Monday for an investigation into the incident that also wounded two of the girl’s family members. Police in Pakistan’s most populous eastern province, Punjab, said that officers responding to a robbery exchanged fire with the suspects who were holding the passengers of a family’s car at gunpoint on Wednesday. “In the ensuing chaos, the officer involved mistakenly assessed that the suspec...

By Agence France-Presse

Australian child shot dead in Pakistan as police wrongly identify family as thieves

By TOI WORLD DESK

Nine-year-old Australian girl on holiday in Pakistan shot dead in case of mistaken identity

Family were visiting relatives when police allegedly opened fire on car while chasing robbery suspects

By Shweta Sharma

Australian girl killed after Pakistani police mistake family car for robbers’ vehicle

Hania Ahmed, a Pakistani Australian child from Perth, was traveling with her family in Punjab province when police allegedly mistook their rented car for a vehicle used by robbery suspects.

Chakwal encounter gets international scrutiny

LAHORE: The tragic death of a minor girl in a police shootout in Chakwal has been widely covered in the Australian media, as the Crime Control Department (CCD) chief termed the incident a “deviation from the established” standard operating procedures.The incident was covered by ABC, The Guardian, and SBS news outlets, which highlighted that the Perth-based family was on holiday in Pakistan when they were caught in the police crossfire in Chakwal. On June 10, a nine-year-old girl was killed an...

By none@none.com (Asif Chaudhry)

Police mistakenly shoot, kill Australian child in Pakistan

Police in Pakistan's most populous eastern province, Punjab, said that officers responding to a robbery exchanged fire with the suspects who were holding the passengers of a family's car at gunpoint on Wednesday (Jun 10).

Police shooting kill Australian child in Pakistan

An Australian child was tragically killed by police in Pakistan during a robbery response. Authorities have launched an investigation into the police shoot Read More: https://punchng.com/police-shooting-kill-australian-child-in-pakistan/

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