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Four unknown men threw bombs, fired shots before fleeing ahead of top court’s hearing on SC bill; no injuries reported
Four unknown persons on two motorbikes threw two petrol bombs and fired three bullets at the residence of prominent lawyer Azhar Siddique representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI)’s top leaders including Chairman Imran Khan in different cases.
According to CCTV footage available with The Express Tribune, the assailants appeared in front of the House at 1:33am (morning of April 13) situated at DHA phase IV and stopped their bikes at the left and right sides of the house.
The video shows two of the riders stepping down from their bikes and coming near the main gate and throwing two petrol bombs inside the house while a third man can be seen firing three shots that hit the building, breaking one window.
However, no injuries or losses were reported.
Talking to the Express Tribune on his way to Islamabad, Advocate Siddique said that he was asleep when the attack took place.
“My daughter was awake when the assailants attacked my residence,” Siddique said, adding that “three bullets were fired; one bullet hit the front wall where my daughter was, and one bullet entered the sitting area breaking through the window.”
He expressed suspicion that the attack was due to his stance “for supremacy of law”, but stressed that “such cowardly moves could not stop me from standing by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and PTI Chairman Imran Khan”.
