Man attacked to stop pursuing brother's case.

Rawalpindi -- A Norwegian national came under heavy gunfire by two armed men at busiest Adiala Road while he was heading towards Holy Family Hospital (HFH) in a car to inquire the health of his brother who was battling for life after sustaining wound into head in a gun attack a couple of days ago, informed sources on Tuesday.

However, the Norwegian national of Pakistani origin indentified as Arshad Mehmood remained unhurt in the brazen armed attack, but his imported Rottweiler dog was killed by the attackers, they said.

Police registered a case against the two attackers and started investigation with no arrest so far, they said.

According to sources, the applicant namely Arshad Mehmood, who is settled in Oslo, Norway and belongs to Gorakhpur, appeared before officials of Police Station Saddar Bairooni and lodged a complaint that he was going to HFH to inquire the health of his brother Raja Khalid when two armed men namely Ajmal Shah and Usman Abbasi riding on a motorcycle intercepted him near Garden Villas. He alleged that the gunmen opened indiscriminate firing at him, however, he remained unhurt, but his imported Rottweiler dog sustained bullet injuries and gunmen ran away. He added he also saved his life by taking refuge on the side of road. He told police the same armed men had shot his younger brother Raja...

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