| Three policemen were shot dead in Hasan Abdal in apparent act of targeted killing, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The bodies were discovered early on Sunday at a site where the policemen were deployed to guard a railway bridge, police officer Arshad Mahmood said. "The police officials were sleeping in the guardroom after taking the pre-dawn meal when they were shot dead," he told AFP. "All had a single bullet wound to their forehead. It appears to be a targeted killing." The deceased were identified as constables Muhammad Yaseen, Bashrat Shah and Muhammad Naeem of Hassan Abdal police station. |