Gun-wielding nutjob demands more conservative laws

ISLAMABAD: The drama involving an armed lunatic and the apparently untrained police – staged in the high-security Red Zone of Islamabad – ended after almost six hours with the arrest of the man, who had been demanding implementation of an Islamic system in Pakistan.

The man, along with his wife and two children, had reportedly drove into the Red Zone, breaching all barriers leading to the area.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Zamurd Khan’s role was pivotal in the capture of the gunman, who tried to disarm him and got injured in the attempt. The armed man, who had fired at least five random shots at the Constitution Avenue, Islamabad, was finally arrested by security forces on the directives of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, who had ordered the police to take him in alive. The police also took into custody the armed man’s children and wife.

Vintage wrote:I wonder if we could set up a kind of reservation in each region of the world where religious nutjobs of various like minded persuasions could live in like minded misery and leave the rest of us to try and make our  lives more pleasant and maybe easier.