Pakistani police mistakenly open fire on Australian family, killing child
Key takeaways
- Fatal shooting of nine-year-old Hania Ahmed by Punjab Police officer causes furore.
- Hania Ahmed, a grade four student from Perth, was killed on Wednesday in the city of Chakwal when Punjab Police Elite Force personnel opened fire, authorities said.
- Her father, Adeel Ahmed, 39, and 11-year-old brother, Aafan, sustained severe injuries while her mother escaped unhurt.
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Fatal shooting of nine-year-old Hania Ahmed by Punjab Police officer causes furore.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called for an investigation into the police shooting that killed the Australian girl and injured her father and brother while they were visiting family in Pakistan [File: Dan Peled/Getty Images]By APPublished On 15 Jun 202615 Jun 2026Pakistani police commandos have fatally shot an Australian girl and severely wounded her father and brother after mistaking them for armed thieves.
Hania Ahmed, a grade four student from Perth, was killed on Wednesday in the city of Chakwal when Punjab Police Elite Force personnel opened fire, authorities said.