A Pakistan Army brigadier and his driver were shot dead while another soldier sustained injuries Thursday morning when two men opened fire at their jeep here.
It was the second attack in three days in Islamabad, where two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the International Islamic University Tuesday, killing seven people.
The attack by the armed men riding a motorcycle took place when the army jeep was passing through G-11 sector where senior army officials were staying. Eyewitnesses said the terrorists, aged between 22 to 25 years, managed to flee after carrying out the deadly ambush.
Sources said Brigadier Moin-u-Din and his driver Asghar were killed while his gunman sustained serious injuries when unknown armed men opened fire on their vehicle bearing no 6316 from three sides. According to sources the unidentified attackers were on foot and escaped in nearby alleys after shooting at a military vehicle in which driver and Brigadier were killed.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has issued directives to Islamabad police Chief for arrest of the culprits. The vehicle was riddled with bullets, its tyres punctured out and windscreen shattered. The commandoes of Pakistan army have cordoned off the area.
Some eyewitnesses saw an armed man fleeing towards the vegetable market. Police have launched search in the area with search dogs but no arrests have been made so far.
Heavy contingents of the police were deployed at the entry and exit points of the federal capital with security high alert in Islamabad. Brig. Moin-Dun was performing his duties in UN mission and he returned to Pakistan on leave to spend some days for his family.
Meanwhile, the investigation into the incident has commenced, sources said. It is pertinent to mention that G-11 Sector is the residential area of top army officials in Islamabad while pillion riding is also already banned in federal capital.
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