Transgender woman shot dead

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PESHAWAR: A transgender woman was shot dead by unidentified men in Peshawar’s Cantonment area on Sunday, police said.

According to reports, an unknown number of armed assailants opened fire at the transgender woman in Khyber Supermarket and fled the scene.

A policeman at the Gulberg police station said that the victim suffered three gunshot wounds and was shifted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) for treatment.

An LRH spokesperson said that the victim was brought to the hospital in critical condition. “After receiving her, doctors shifted the injured to the intensive care unit (ICU) and provided treatment,” Asim Khan said, adding that the victim succumbed to her injuries in the ICU. Khan said her body was then shifted to Khyber Medical College for a post-mortem examination.

Soon after the incident, members of the transgender community reached LRH and demanded arrest of the killers. They strongly protested the targeting of transgender in the province. Gulberg police said a search operation had been launched to arrest the suspects.

Published in Daily Times, November 27th 2017.

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