Pakistan-born doctor mourns colleague and ICU nurse Alex Pretti, shot by federal agents in Minnesota: ‘Senseless carnage…’

A Pakistan-born doctor based in New York has spoken of her shock and grief after a former colleague, ICU nurse Alex Pretti, was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis. She called the killing “senseless carnage”.Aasma Shaukat is a gastroenterologist and clinical researcher who posted on X after learning of Pretti’s death. “One of my former research assistants was killed by ICE in Minneapolis today,” she wrote. She added: “Alex was the kindest, sweetest human and a ICU nurse with a bright future ahead of him. May his soul rest in peace and this senseless carnage stop.”