Suspects in Killing of Three Lahore Police Officers Killed in Muridke Operation
At a glance
- Two suspects in the killing of three Lahore police officers were killed in a police operation in Muridke.
- The suspects, a father and son, had reportedly held a family hostage before the shootout.
- The officers were killed in two separate attacks in Lahore on Thursday; a third suspect is on the run.
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Three police officers were shot dead and three others injured in two separate attacks in Lahore on Thursday. The attacks took place in the Badami Bagh and Yateem Khana Chowk areas. Following a chase, two primary suspects, identified as a father-son duo Fayyaz and Rehan Butt, were traced to Muridke. On Friday morning, they were killed in a joint police operation after they reportedly took a family hostage. A third suspect remains at large.
Latest development
Two suspects accused of killing three police officers in Lahore on Thursday have been killed in a joint police operation in Muridke. Police sources said the suspects, identified as a father and son, were killed in an exchange of fire after they held a family hostage.
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2 suspects in fatal attacks on Lahore cops killed in Muridke fire exchange, say police
LAHORE: Two men who allegedly shot dead three police officials in Lahore on Thursday were killed during an exchange of fire with law enforcers at a house in Muridke where they had held a family hostage, police sources told Dawn . Police officials ide
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