At least three members of the transgender community were injured during a firing incident in Swabi's Yar Hussain Tehsil on Sunday night.
SWABI,(Pakistan Point News - 29th Jan, 2018) : At least three members of the transgender community were injured during a firing incident in Swabi's Yar Hussain Tehsil on Sunday night. Transgender Association President Qamar Naseem said the three transgender persons were returning after attending an event when the suspected assailants reportedly tried to sexually abuse them. When the transgender persons offered resistance the attackers opened fire at them, police said, adding that two persons were critically injured during the incident. According to police, a first investigation report (FIR) has been registered at the Yar Hussain police station against a man named Bakht Zada. Further investigations are being conducted in the case, police told media. According to Naseem a total of 22 such attacks on transgenders have occurred in 2018 alone.
