Probe underway into killing of Pakistani youth in Cyprus
Dead body of the Pakistani man was found in a green field in Nicosia on Jan 6, authorities say.
Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: The mystery surrounding the killing of a Pakistani youth in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, has not been resolved here after many days.
The dead body of the Pakistani man was found from a green field on January 6 with a bullet wound on his right back. More details about the victim are not available.
According to foreign media based on forensic reports, the young man had been shot dead by an official gun of the police.
Police have told media that a few days ago offices had opened fire on a group of people suspected yo be involved in human smuggling. They said that it might be possible that the Pakistani man was among the illegal immigrants and had been killed in the police firing.
The chief prosecutor of Cyprus has however announced to appoint an independent team to hold an investigation into the incident.
There have been frequent reports about human smuggling from Pakistan and deaths of many Pakistanis in different parts of the world, mostly in shipwrecks in Europe.
However, the government is unable to break the network of human smugglers despite making claims.
