Seven killed in Karachi violence

KARACHI: At least seven people including a policeman were killed in different parts of the city, Geo News reported.

Two friends were gunned down on the New MA Jinnah Road on Sunday apparently in yet another sectarian attack in Karachi.

Mudabar Raza, 35, and Haider Raza, 33, were heading toward the Jail Chowrangi on their way home when two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle came across and opened fire at them, killing both the men on the spot, Brigade police said.

The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, SSP East Pir Mohammed Shah said. The victims, who lived in Rizvia Society, had suffered multiple bullet wounds in their upper torsos with 9mm pistols. The spent bullet shells found at the spot have been sent for forensic tests.

Investigators said the murder apparently seemed to be a part of sectarian target killings but other aspects would also be investigated.
In New Karachi, a policeman was shot dead and another was injured in a drive-by shooting in Khamisa Goth.

Police constables Tasawwur and Qurban Ali of the Hyderi police station were deployed for intelligence on criminals operating out of the New Karachi Industrial Area. On Sunday night, both the cops were stationed at Khamisa Goth to arrest some suspected criminals, who had escaped to the area.

Both the cops were injured in the attack as the attackers escaped with the arrested suspect. The police shifted the injured policemen to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where Tasawwur succumbed to his injuries while Ali was admitted to the hospital. The deceased had suffered multiple bullet wounds in the chest.

In Lyari, an unidentified man was shot dead in Gul Mohammed Lane.The victim was passing through the area when two unidentified attackers on a motorcycle came to him and opened fire, killing him on the spot. The body was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities, Kalakot police said. He was shot multiple times in the chest which proved fatal.

Another unidentified man was shot dead in Lyari’s Gulistan Colony. The victim who looked to be in his 20s was walking along the road when two assailants came on a motorcycle and shot him dead, Chakiwara police said. The body was shifted to the Civil hospital.

In Mauripur, the body of an unidentified teenager was found trussed up in a gunny bag.

The boy who looked to be around 15 years old had been kidnapped, tortured and killed, while his body was thrown in a desolate place near Machhar Colony, Docks police said.