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02:45 Oct 11, 2025
LAHORE: Six security guards were injured when an attacker opened fire outside an Ahmadi community’s worship place in Chenab Nagar, Chiniot district, on Friday. Shortly after the shooting, two policemen deployed on the opposite side of the road retaliated and killed him. CCTV footage showed a suspect carrying a pistol approached the worship place, Baitul Mehdi, in Rabwah and opened fire on the security guards, who were volunteers from the community. Six guards were injured, but they managed to close the main gate of the worship place. The injured guards were shifted to a nearby hospital where four were reported to be stable while two remained critical. Police shifted the body of the attacker to the morgue. Attack condemned Ahmadi community spokesperson Aamir Mahmood condemned the attack, saying that continuous hate speeches were being made against the community. He urged the state to take notice of such hateful rhetoric and take strict action against those responsible. He demanded effective measures ...