7 more dead in Khi target killing; toll mounts to 31

KARACHI: Seven more people have been killed in the ongoing incidents of targeted killing in the metropolitan city, bringing the total number of deaths in three days to 31 while four others have sustained injuries, Geo News reported Wednesday.

A man was gunned down in Qasba Colony and another injured as a result of firing by unknown armed men, police sources said. They were rushed to Civil Hospital.

Police recovered a body of a man identified as Tahir from a gunny sack placed in a Rikshaw near Noorani petrol pump in Orangi Town. An injured man was also found from the same location and shifted to a hospital.

Unidentified attackers opened fire on a police mobile van near Katti Pahari, seriously injuring a policemen Javed Shah. In another firing incident near Katti Pahari, Arif, aged 40, was killed while three others including Tahir, Kabiruddin and Muhammad Arif sustained wounds and shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

An unidentified man was shot and killed by armed men in Banaras while a policeman was gunned down in Orangi Town No.13 this morning.

A bullet-riddled body of an unidentified man was found dumped from Korangi No 2-1/2.

Abdul Sattar son of Muhammad Ismail was killed by firing of armed assailants near Abdullah Harron college in Khadda Market, Lyari. The body was taken to Civil Hospital.