PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday claimed the killing of a lower court judge in Rawalpindi, the insurgent group said in a statement, according to media sources.
“Our special task force has targeted additional session judge Tahir Khan Niazi in Rawalpindi successfully,” TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in an emailed statement. He did not say why Niazi was targeted.
Abdul Hafiz, a clerk at the sessions court in the city next to Islamabad, confirmed Wednesday’s killing.
“Some people came to his home and fired on him,” he said.
According to the police, Mr Niazi’s wife heard the door bell at around 1.30 pm and found a stranger at the door who forced his way inside the house and took the mobile phone. Mr Niazi rushed to his wife’s rescue and attempted to overpower the intruder when another man entered the house and shot him, injuring him critically.
