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PESHAWAR: A firing incident on a plane arriving from Riyadh has left at least two people, including a woman and a flight steward, injured at Peshawar's Bacha Khan airport, DawnNews reported late on Tuesday night.
Initial TV reports suggest that the incident took place as the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing, with around 170 passengers onboard, was landing at the airport.
The injured woman has succumbed to her bullet wounds.
Police and security forces have cordoned off the airport premises and launched a search operation to arrest the culprits behind the incident.
Inured flight steward Ijaz Chaudhry has been shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
Police officials and PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar have confirmed the incident and the casualties.
The security was put on a high alert amidst Pakistani military's ongoing operation Zarb-i-Azb against militants in North Waziristan Agency, one of the country's seven semi-autonomous tribal agencies next to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of which Peshawar is the capital.
Firing on plane kills woman at Peshawar airport - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Initial TV reports suggest that the incident took place as the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing, with around 170 passengers onboard, was landing at the airport.
The injured woman has succumbed to her bullet wounds.
Police and security forces have cordoned off the airport premises and launched a search operation to arrest the culprits behind the incident.
Inured flight steward Ijaz Chaudhry has been shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
Police officials and PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar have confirmed the incident and the casualties.
The security was put on a high alert amidst Pakistani military's ongoing operation Zarb-i-Azb against militants in North Waziristan Agency, one of the country's seven semi-autonomous tribal agencies next to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of which Peshawar is the capital.
Firing on plane kills woman at Peshawar airport - Pakistan - DAWN.COM