At least 15 people, including three police officers, were wounded on Friday in clashes at a Peshawar protest against an anti-Islam film made in the United States, a hospital official said.
A driver working for private TV station ARY is in a critical condition and hooked up to a ventilator, said Doctor Mukhtar Khan, head of the Lady Reading Hospital.
“We have received 15 wounded so far. They include three police officials. Some have received bullet wounds. Some were hurt by tear gas and others suffered injuries due to the pelting of stones by protesters,” Khan told AFP.
The man’s employer reported that the driver was killed when a policeman opened fire on protesters who stormed a cinema, ransacked the building and set it alight.
“We consider this incident murder. We strongly condemn it. The policeman involved in the firing incident should be arrested immediately and sacked,” senior ARY executive Owais Tohid told a news conference.
The channel broadcast disturbing footage of its employee, clearly in a critical condition and receiving urgent medical care in hospital, which was condemned by commentators on microblogging website Twitter.
15 wounded at film protest: hospital
