AFP Photographer Shot in Pakistan During Anti-Charlie Hebdo Protests

Mangalore Today News Network

Karachi, Jan 16, 2015:  A photographer with French news agency Agence France Presse was wounded in Pakistan on Friday after being shot during protests against the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo outside the French consulate in Karachi, the police said.

"AFP photographer Asif Hasan suffered wounds resulting from gunshots fired by ... protesters, police have not opened fire," Abdul Khalique Shaikh, a senior police officer in southern Karachi, told Reuters.

About 200 protesters clashed with the police and some of the protesters appeared armed. Security forces used water cannon and tear gas to stop the crowd advancing on the French consulate.

After the clashes, the protesters, mainly students from a local university, retreated to a nearby area but refused to leave, as police blocked access to the consulate.

The protests come days after 12 journalists of Charlie Hebdo in Paris were massacred by two gunmen.

 

Courtesy: NDTV