New video of Sahiwal ‘encounter’ shows CTD opening fire at car

SAHIWAL: A new footage has surfaced of an alleged encounter in Sahiwal in which Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials shot dead four people, including two women.

The latest video, which appears to have been recorded from inside a car near the site of the incident, shows CTD personnel blocking the ill-fated vehicle with the help of a police van.

The CTD officials then proceed to take the children out of the car, before opening intense fire at the remaining occupants inside.

The alleged shootout killed four people – including a husband, wife and their teenage daughter, on Saturday. CTD personnel said they had killed a local commander of militant organisation Daesh and three others in the operation. 

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Eyewitnesses, however, disputed the claim and said the people in the car did not fire at officials, nor were any explosives recovered from the vehicle.