Australian girl killed in Pakistan after reportedly being shot by police

Nine-year-old visiting relatives in Punjab province when police opened fire on car, local media report Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A nine-year-old Australian girl has been killed and two of her family members injured after reportedly being shot by police in Pakistan. The family were visiting a relative in Chakwal, in Punjab province, when they were robbed while in their rental car on Wednesday night local time, Pakistani English-language news outlet Dawn reported. Two robbers on a motorcycle, including one with a pistol, fled when they were spotted by an officer, and the rental car also drove off. “As the cops saw the vehicle being driven away immediately, they took it as belonging to the robbers and opened indiscriminate fire on the car,” a police official told local media. The family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was taken to hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead. Her father and older brother were seriously injured, while her mother was unharmed. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian who was killed a