“Police, Rangers’ vehicles rammed into protesters:” says eyewitness

The brother of a retired FC personnel who lost his life in a violent car-ramming incident at 26 Number in Islamabad during the PTI rally alleged that the tragedy was caused by the overspeeding of law enforcement vehicles fleeing the protest site.

During the PTI protest on the Srinagar Highway in Islamabad last night, unidentified individuals rammed a vehicle into Rangers personnel, resulting in the death of one civilian, four Rangers while five were injured.  Two police officers also sustained serious injuries in the attack.

Safeer Ali, an eyewitness to the incident, identified his brother, Muhammad Ilyas, a retired FC personnel, as the victim. 

According to Ali, both brothers, residents of Islamabad, were present at the scene to observe the PTI protest when the incident occurred.

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He claimed that law enforcement vehicles recklessly plowed into protesters, causing several individuals to fall and sustain injuries as they were struck by following vehicles.

“Our residence is in G-13, near where the PTI rally was passing. While Rangers and police were shelling protesters, they eventually ran out of resources and had to withdraw. In their haste, they rammed a car into the crowd of protesters,” Ali explained.

“I witnessed four police and Rangers vehicles, including a jail van, running into the protesters, killing my brother,” he added.

Ali stated that hundreds of others at the scene also witnessed the incident, asserting, “My brother died because of their reckless actions.”

He further alleged that the police pressured him not to report the incident, threatening him with legal consequences if he pursued the matter.