Police kill two students during ‘encounter’ in Pakistan

    Police in Pakistan have killed two students in an alleged gun fight.

    Faisalabad officers claim they attempted to stop a motorcycle and pursued as it sped away. They allege that shots were fired from the pursued vehicle, to which they responded with retaliatory fire.

    Friends and families of the deceased staged protests outside of the hospital they were taken to following the incident.

    A committee is investigating the full circumstances and a local police chief said stern action would be taken against the officers if found guilty.

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