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Top Pak Army strategist killed in Islamabad shoot-out |
A top Pakistan Army official along with another army man were shot
down in Islamabad on Thursday morning. The Deputy Director General Military Operations
Brigadier Moin was killed along with another official when unidentified gunmen
opened fire at the military jeep in which they were traveling. According to sources,
one army official was also injured in the attack. Brigadier Moin is believed to
have been involved in the strategy making for the on-going offensive in South
Waziristan as well as the Swat operation, The Dawn reports. According to television
reports, the military vehicle was targeted in the capital's G-11sector. The aforementioned
area of the city houses several government installations including the Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA) building. "Witnesses have told us two men came on a
motorcycle and opened fire," city police official Abdul Qadir told a foreign news
agency. Security officials have cordoned off the attack site and an intense search
combing operation was on till the reports last arrived. All checkposts located
nearby were put on high alert immediately after the attack, which brought back
the horrors of terrorist strikes that have rocked Islamabad in the recent past. |
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