{"id":29872,"date":"2019-01-20T10:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=29872"},"modified":"2019-01-20T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T10:22:26","slug":"pakistan-arrests-police-officers-after-shooting-that-left-4-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=29872","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan arrests police officers after shooting that left 4 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" readability=\"88.0257301808\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Authorities in <a class=\"InternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/pakistan.html\">Pakistan<\/a> have arrested counterterrorism police officers after they allegedly killed a middle-aged couple, their 13-year-old daughter and another man in what the police initially claimed was a shoot-out with armed fighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Police killed grocery store owner Mohammad Khalil, his wife Nabila, their daughter Areeba and a family friend, Zeeshan Javed, after stopping their vehicle late on Saturday near Sahiwal city in Punjab province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Police claimed Javed was a wanted terrorist and initially accused him of using the others as human shields.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"imagecontainer\" data-image-url=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdresplarge\/mritems\/Images\/2019\/1\/20\/5304a2fc8e9349aa9b585804ef477e47_19.jpg\">\n<table class=\"in-article-item image\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody readability=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdresplarge\/mritems\/Images\/2019\/1\/20\/5304a2fc8e9349aa9b585804ef477e47_19.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td class=\"caption\">Residents protest the killings by blocking traffic [KM Chaudary\/AP]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Family members and witnesses said police killed the four in cold blood and then tried to cover up their actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Angry residents in the area have left the bodies on the road as a form of protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they have launched an investigation and arrested the officers involved, without saying how many.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed &#8220;swift action&#8221; against those found responsible for the killings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As soon as JIT [joint investigation team] report comes, swift action will be taken,&#8221; he posted on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" readability=\"7.79381443299\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">While the CTD has done a great job in fight against terrorism, everyone must be accountable before the law. As soon as JIT report comes, swift action will be taken. The govt&#8217;s priority is protection of all its citizens. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vek2YHLmKQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vek2YHLmKQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\/status\/1086862172775419910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Pakistan have arrested counterterrorism police officers after they allegedly killed a middle-aged couple, their 13-year-old daughter and another man in what the police initially claimed was a shoot-out with armed fighters. 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