3 dead, 3 injured in Hyderabad firing incident

HYDERABAD: Unknown armed men opened fire at Haider Chowk area of the city, killing three and injuring three others in the second consecutive day of violence in Sindh’s second largest city, Geo News reported on Sunday.

According to Geo News correspondent, an office of a local relegious party was targeted in the attack.

Police and rescue workers reached to the spot and shifted the injured to Civil Hospital.

On Saturday, a joint sector in-charge of the MQM and two members of Bohra communty lost their lives in two separate incidents of firing in Bohri Bazaar and Nishat Cinema areas of the city.

Panic gripped the people of adjoining areas and busniess activies came to a halt following the shooting.