14 Asian LEADER
15 Jan - 28 Jan 2014
Pakistan: ‘Taliban Hunter’ killed in bomb blast
A
top Pakistani policeman renowned
for his tough stance
on criminals and Islamist
militants was killed by a
Taliban car bomb in the
volatile southern city of Karachi on Thursday, police
said.
The Taliban described
Superintendent Chaudhry
Aslam’s death as a “huge
victory”. Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif condemned
the bombing.
Three other officers were
killed alongside Aslam, said
senior police officer Raja
Umar Khattab, after a car
packed with explosives
rammed his vehicle.
Chain-smoking
Aslam,
dubbed “Pakistan’s toughest cop” by local media
and a celebrated figure in
a country where citizens
decry authorities’ failure
to crack down on criminals
and militants, has been targeted by the Taliban before.
In 2011, the militant
group rammed his house
with a huge car bomb, killing eight people but leaving
his family unscathed.
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