Summary Rumi miraculously escaped the attack and was sent home after medical checkup.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Journalist and anchorperson Raza Rumi, belonging to a private TV channel, narrowly escaped gunfire directed at his vehicle that left his driver dead, Dunya News reported.
According to police, Rumi was going back home from office and the attackers targeted his vehicle with gunfire just when he was passing by Raja Market area.
The driver Mustafa reportedly died on the spot while security guard Anwar Hussain got critically injured.
Raza Rumi miraculously escaped the attack and was discharged after medical checkup. Police reached the hospital and recorded Rumi’s account of the attack.
CCPO Lahore Shafiq Gujjar said while talking to media that it is apparently a targeted attack and that attackers knew about anchorperson’s movements.
Gujjar said police has formed teams who would raid the targeted locations trying to arrest the culprits. He further said that developments have happened in previous targeted killing incidents that took place in Lahore.
