Shooting of alleged thief by police caught on video
Video aired repeatedly on TV yesterday showed the bleeding teenager begging for help.
A spokesman for the paramilitary unit said its forces detained 18-year-old Afsar Shah attempting to rob people in a Karachi park on Wednesday.
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Hide AdVideo aired by local Awaz TV seemed to contradict the claim that Shah posed a threat.
It showed a man in civilian clothes wrestling what appeared to be a gun out of Shah's hand and kicking him toward uniformed soldiers. Shah is then seen pleading with the soldiers, one of whom points a gun at his neck. He is then surrounded and pleads "No, no, don't kill me brother" before being pushed back and shot in the arm and leg.