F9 park rape case suspects killed in exchange of fire

F9 park rape case suspects were killed in an exchange of fire with cops at a snap checking point set up in Islamabad.

According to the details, this has been stated by the Islamabad police spokesperson said on Thursday. The police had set up a snap checking point in Sector D-12 of Islamabad last night for the F9 park rape case suspects.

Police said that when the suspects, Nawab Ali and Iqbal, approached the check post on a motorcycle the police asked them to stop. The attackers opened fire on the police when they were asked to stop.

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The spokesperson said that the suspects were injured during the retaliatory fire. He said that the suspects were caught injured but later died when they were shifted to the hospital. He said that the suspects Nawab and Iqbal were wanted in multiple cases of street crimes and over 60 cases were registered against them. One of them was also wanted for a murder during a robbery. The cops involved in the exchange of fire remained safe due to the safety measures, he added.

It is pertinent to mention here that two armed men allegedly raped a woman in Islamabad’s F-9 park at gunpoint on February 2. The case surfaced in the news two days leaving the nation shocked at the audacity of the criminals who approached the victim — accompanied by her colleague — at the park, according to the first information report (FIR).

According to the FIR, the gun-toting aggressors took the two to a nearby thicket at gunpoint and separated them. The attackers then beat the young woman up when she pleaded with them to let her go and even offered them money in exchange for her safety, the FIR read.