Murder suspect killed by accomplices’ firing, claims police

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KHANEWAL: A murder suspect was allegedly killed by the firing of his accomplices in Jahanian tehsil of Khanewal district when a police party was taking him for the recovery of the weapon used in the crime, police claimed on Thursday.

According to police, a team was taking Muhammad Afzal for the weapon’s recovery when two suspects riding a motorcycle allegedly opened fire on them, killing Afzal. Police sources said that the assailants fled after the security personnel returned fire.

The body of the deceased was shifted to hospital for postmortem.