Karachi Police accepts its failure by declaring all five cases on Knife attack as ‘A Class’ or closed after admitting that they were not able to find any evidence in these cases.
A suspect which police arrested and declared as the culprit was released because no evidence was found to link his connection with the attacks. Anti Terrorism Court ordered the release of Shehzad, who was declared culprit without any evidence.
Previously police claimed that Shehzad has accepted providing cover to the attacker ‘Waseem’ which they described was having psychological problems.
The attacks happened in different areas of Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Jauhar creating fear among the residents, especially among women who were the target in these attacks. The attack happened in the following areas:
Millennium Mall (Gulistan-e-Jauhar)
Aziz Bhatti Park
Gulshan-i-Jamal
Gulshan-e-Iqbal
A.D Khawaja ordered detailed inquiry and investigation and later claimed that the attacker was arrested in Sahiwal.