Deadly attack at Islamabad hospital

A gun attack at the leading hospital in Pakistan's capital Islamabad left one persondead and two others wounded on Friday, an official said.

Reuters

Officials said the incident was a private feud and unrelated to Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence that plagues the north-west and which has been blamed for high-profile attacks in recent years on Western targets in Islamabad.

The shots were fired outside the gate of the emergency ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which is in the centre of Islamabad.

Doctor Waseem Khawaja, speaking for PIMS, had said that three people were wounded when a gunman opened fire with a pistol on his rivals at the hospital.

"This appears to be the result of a family feud. All staff are safe," the official said.

Police linked the incident to a shooting between rival groups in Tarlai village in which up to two people were wounded.

Islamabad has been shielded from much of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence that affects the country's north-west, although bombings have targeted embassies, hotels and restaurants.