Claim bus was carryi­ng smuggl­ed goods, local police say no such item recove­redISLAMABAD: At least two people were injured after the Motorway police chased and then opened fire on a passenger bus near the Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza on Wednesday afternoon with the dramatic scenes caught on camera by a motorist following the incident. A video of the incident captured by an unidentified motorist who was travelling behind the bus at the time, shows a motorway police patrol car chasing the large, silver-coloured bus down the Islamabad Highway. But as the bus looked to exit the motorway, gunshots rang out, with officers of the motorway police allegedly opening fire at the bus. The spokesperson confirmed that a patrol car chased the bus while blowing their hooter and motioning for the bus to pull over. The motorway police spokesperson further claimed that per the two officers, they only shot in retaliation after being shot at from inside the bus.

Source: The Express Tribune May 31, 2018 04:18 UTC