Demotix.com The Network for Freelance Photojournalists 30,000 contributors. 212 territories. Photos. Videos. News.

Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi

Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
01/08
Caption
Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, Inspector General Police Sindh, Wajid Ali Durrani and other offering flowers on the officers coffin.
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
02/08
Caption
Funeral prayer of murdered police officers offered at Police headquarters.
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
03/08
Caption
Funeral prayer of murdered police officers offered at Police headquarters
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
04/08
Caption
Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, Inspector General Police Sindh, Wajid Ali Durrani and other offering flowers on the officers coffin.
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
05/08
Caption
Relatives of murdered police officers take a last glimpse at the bodies of their loved ones.
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
06/08
Caption
Police officers carrying the coffin of their fellow officer at Police Headquarters.
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
07/08
Caption
Police officers carrying the coffin of their fellow officer at Police Headquarters.
Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
08/08
Caption
Police officer putting a coffin into an ambulance at Police headquarters in Karachi.
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi
  • Funeral Prayers for Police Officers murdered in Karachi

Funeral prayers took place for at least three police personnel killed in Korangi, after which their bodies were then dispatched to their hometowns. The officers were among six killed in an ambush on their bus. Pakistan. 20th August 2011

The collective funeral prayers for the police personnel were offered At Garden Police Headquarters. Bodies have been dispatched towards their native areas in Interior Sindh, where they would be laid to rest. These three police among nine six were killed when their van was ambushed in Korangi area of Chakra Goth while they were moving in to stop an exchange of fire between two armed factions in the area.

Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, Inspector General Police Sindh, Wajid Ali Durrani and other high police officers attended the funeral prayers, Announced financial aid for the injured personnel and the bereaved families.

Submitted by
Comments
Join the conversation Login