Published on
15/06/2026 - 8:22 GMT+2
Police mistakenly shot and killed an Australian child in eastern Pakistan, authorities said on Monday, with Canberra calling for an investigation into the incident that also wounded two of the girl's family members.
Police in Pakistan's most populous eastern province, Punjab, said that officers responding to a robbery exchanged fire with the suspects who were holding the passengers of a family's car at gunpoint on Wednesday.
"In the ensuing chaos, the officer involved mistakenly assessed that the suspects were attempting to flee in the victims' vehicle and discharged his weapon," said the Punjab Police's Crime Control Department.
