Sharpshooters’ force to be set up to kill suicide bombers before they hit

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Initially, 150 marksmen will be inducted in Islamabad before inducting more for deployment in the provinces: Rehman Malik.—APP/File


ISLAMABAD: Police will employ precision riflemen to form a Sharp-Shooter Force to kill suicide bombers before they hit their targets, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior, Rehman Malik, said on Tuesday.

The force will be part of the new strategy announced by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday that envisaged a special anti-terrorism force to curb terrorism.

‘Initially, 150 marksmen will be inducted in Islamabad before inducting more for deployment in the provinces.’ Mr Malik had recently hinted that the government was thinking along the same lines.

A committee, headed by an additional secretary, has been formed to set up the sharpshooters’ force, which would initially comprise personnel of Islamabad police, he said.

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