Prominent Journalist and anchor Iqrar ul Hassan Syed was allegedly attacked by unknown attackers in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA). The attackers later fled away while firing gun shots, Hassan’s face was bleeding. He sustained injuries in the attack and is out of danger.
The journalist took to Twitter to tell his followers about the incident and posted his pictures.
Consequently, the hashtag #I_condemn_Attack_on_Iqrar became a trending hashtag on twitter with 20.2K tweets.
The armed attackers were arrested as Lahore police took immediate action. The picture of attackers was also released by Punjab Police on Saturday evening.