Pakistani cleric, who is suspected of sexually assaulting student, hurt in gun attack
A seminary head, who was suspected of sexually assaulting a student, was hurt in a gun attack in Pakistan's Mansehra city on Wednesday.
The attacker is reportedly an uncle of the minor assault victim, police told Dawn News.
“We have registered an FIR and started raids to arrest the gunman,” district police officer Zahoor Babar Afridi told the Pakistani newspaper.
The attacker fled after the incident.
The DPO said the cleric was attacked when he was shopping in a Badra Chowk shop in the heart of the city.
A worker in the shop was also reportedly injured in the gun attack.
They were shifted to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital for treatment.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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