A brigadier of the Pakistan Army and his driver were injured when gunmen ambushed their vehicle in the federal capital today, the third such attack in a little more than two weeks.
Police said the motorcycle-borne gunmen fired at Brig Suhail's jeep in the posh Sector I-8 of Islamabad. The officer
and his driver were injured, Senior Superintendent of Police Fakhar Alam said.
Sources said the brigadier was serving with the Inter-Services Intelligence agency though there was no word from the army on the incident.
The gunmen fled immediately after the incident.
Police launched a search in the area though no arrests were made. They found a pistol at the site of the attack.
This was the third attack on a senior army officer in Islamabad since October 22, when Brig Moinuddin Ahmed and his driver were killed by militants on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Ahmed was serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan.
On October 27, Brig Waqar Ahmad Malik, director of Defence Services Guards at the Pakistan Army's headquarters in Rawalpindi, was ambushed by two gunmen when he was leaving his home along with his mother in his official car.
The officer and others in the car escaped unhurt.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for these two attacks.
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