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Suspect in Green Town murder killed in police encounter

LAHORE: A suspect in the murder of a six-year-old boy in Green Town area of Lahore was killed in an alleged police encounter on Monday.

According to police, the suspect Shoaib, a 17-year-old barber snatched a gun and began firing. The police retaliated and fired back, killing the suspect.

On January 2, the body of a six-year-old boy was recovered from the

By GEO URDU
January 26, 2015
LAHORE: A suspect in the murder of a six-year-old boy in Green Town area of Lahore was killed in an alleged police encounter on Monday.

According to police, the suspect Shoaib, a 17-year-old barber snatched a gun and began firing. The police retaliated and fired back, killing the suspect.

On January 2, the body of a six-year-old boy was recovered from the room of a mosque located in the Green Town area.

Police had received a tip on Rescue 15 that the body of the child was hanging in the upper room of the mosque. Police identified the boy as Moeen who had gone missing. The body was also identified by the boy’s father.

Police had launched an investigation and stated that the imam of the mosque had fled.