Transgender shot dead in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A transgender person was killed and two others were wounded in the second attack on the community within three days outside a building in the limits of the Faqirabad Police Station on Wednesday.

A police official confirmed that the transgender person, identified as Umar alias Asma Lata, was killed when unidentified armed men opened fire outside the infamous Iqbal Plaza on Dilzak Road.

Two other transgender persons identified as Bijli and Garma were wounded in the firing. They were shifted to the hospital. A passerby, Ibrar, was caught in the firing and suffered injuries.Superintendent of Police of Faqirabad, Usama Amin Cheema said the CCTV footage of the nearby buildings had been collected and the case was being investigated.