Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Police registered a case early on Friday after one student was killed and several others were injured during a clash between two groups over an event at the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) a day earlier. According to police sources, 16 students have been arrested so far after a search operation at the university and hostels was completed. Police said no weapons were recovered during the search operation.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Sabzi Mandi police station on the complaint of a student, Fahad Khan, at the university under Section 302 (premeditated murder), 324 (attempt to murder), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) and 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to Fahad Khan, the ‘Mega Educational Expo’ was underway at the university’s activity centre when some individuals attacked it.
He said that speeches were ongoing during the event when at around 8:40pm, individuals from various counsels attacked the event, bearing firearms, glass bottles, iron rods, sharp tools, sticks and rocks.
