Target killing-Five MQM men among 10 killed in Karachi
Various parts of the provincial capital remained tense as 10 people, including five MQM workers, were killed during the last 24 hours.
Unidentified gunmen shot dead an MQM activist and injured two other people near Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in the limts of Shamim Shaheed police checkpost, said police.
MQM activist Saleem (28) along with his friend Zubair came under attack near railway crossing when assailants fired shots at them, killing Saleem on the spot, and injuring Zubair and a passer-by Muhammad Masood. Police shifted the body and the injured to ASH for medico legal formalities.
Gunman killed Syed Hassan Asif killed near Lal Flats, Gulistan Jauhar in the jurisdiction of Shahrah-e-Faisal police.
SHO Shahzad Solehri said the deceased was former activist of MQM unit-108 Shah Faisal Colony and an employee of Karachi Water Board. The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for postmortem.
Jaferia Alliance leader termed the incident target killing, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. His funeral offered at Khairul Ammal Imambargah Ancholi and, later, he was buried in Wadi Hussain graveyard. Tension engulfs in surrounding area of Gulberg at the time of funeral of Hassan Asif. No case was registered till filing the report.
In another incident of target killing, an MQM worker was gunned down near Sindhi Hotel in Liaquatabad police precincts. The victim, 30-year-old Kashif, was sitting with his friends at Umar PCO Street Liaquatabad when armed men open indiscriminate firing at him, injuring him critically who died on the way to hospital. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem. DSP Taufeeq Khan said victim was the activist of MQM Unit-162 and was the resident of sector 5 Liaquatabad. Tension engulfs Liaquatabad and surrounding areas after the incident.
Separately, 19-year-old MQM worker Babar was shot dead in Ranchore Line, Chand Bibi Road as unknown attackers fired shot at him when he was sitting with his friends in a rickshaw.His friends, who sustained injuries, were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK). SHO Nawaz Gondal confirmed the dead was associated with MQM. Police registered a case and started investigation.
Similarly, the younger brother of MQM activist, Shoaib, fell prey to target killing near his house in New Karachi in the precincts of Khawaja Ajmair Nagri police. Police said it was an incident of targeted killing and victim was also the affiliated with MQM. No case was registered till filing the report.
Meanwhile, a man was gun down near Clifton Bridge in the Frere police precincts. The identity of victim is yet to be ascertained, said the police, adding that he was crossing the road near Clifton Bridge when armed men on a motorcycle targeted him.
Police shifted the body Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
The Baghdadi police found a bullets-riddle body from Mohammad Khan Road Lyari who was identified as Younus Memon, 32, son of Yousuf Memon.
The victim went missing from Sunday and police believed that unidentified culprits killed him after kidnapping.
Separately, the Orangi Town police found a body from a bag in a garbage drum at Baloch Goth. The identity of victim is yet to be ascertained.
The body was handed over to Edhi Foundation.
In another incident, a woman was killed while her son injured near Kali Pahari Main Bazaar in the jurisdiction of Orangi Town police when near Main Bazaar Orangi Town Kati Pahari where armed men reached and opened indiscriminate firing at them injuring her and her son. The women died later. Rizwan son of Sadiq and his mother Ameer Jahan, 54, wife of Sadiq, sustained injures while mother died on the way to hospital and her son admitted with critical wounds.
Unidentified gunmen shot dead an MQM activist and injured two other people near Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in the limts of Shamim Shaheed police checkpost, said police.
MQM activist Saleem (28) along with his friend Zubair came under attack near railway crossing when assailants fired shots at them, killing Saleem on the spot, and injuring Zubair and a passer-by Muhammad Masood. Police shifted the body and the injured to ASH for medico legal formalities.
Gunman killed Syed Hassan Asif killed near Lal Flats, Gulistan Jauhar in the jurisdiction of Shahrah-e-Faisal police.
SHO Shahzad Solehri said the deceased was former activist of MQM unit-108 Shah Faisal Colony and an employee of Karachi Water Board. The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for postmortem.
Jaferia Alliance leader termed the incident target killing, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. His funeral offered at Khairul Ammal Imambargah Ancholi and, later, he was buried in Wadi Hussain graveyard. Tension engulfs in surrounding area of Gulberg at the time of funeral of Hassan Asif. No case was registered till filing the report.
In another incident of target killing, an MQM worker was gunned down near Sindhi Hotel in Liaquatabad police precincts. The victim, 30-year-old Kashif, was sitting with his friends at Umar PCO Street Liaquatabad when armed men open indiscriminate firing at him, injuring him critically who died on the way to hospital. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem. DSP Taufeeq Khan said victim was the activist of MQM Unit-162 and was the resident of sector 5 Liaquatabad. Tension engulfs Liaquatabad and surrounding areas after the incident.
Separately, 19-year-old MQM worker Babar was shot dead in Ranchore Line, Chand Bibi Road as unknown attackers fired shot at him when he was sitting with his friends in a rickshaw.His friends, who sustained injuries, were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK). SHO Nawaz Gondal confirmed the dead was associated with MQM. Police registered a case and started investigation.
Similarly, the younger brother of MQM activist, Shoaib, fell prey to target killing near his house in New Karachi in the precincts of Khawaja Ajmair Nagri police. Police said it was an incident of targeted killing and victim was also the affiliated with MQM. No case was registered till filing the report.
Meanwhile, a man was gun down near Clifton Bridge in the Frere police precincts. The identity of victim is yet to be ascertained, said the police, adding that he was crossing the road near Clifton Bridge when armed men on a motorcycle targeted him.
Police shifted the body Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
The Baghdadi police found a bullets-riddle body from Mohammad Khan Road Lyari who was identified as Younus Memon, 32, son of Yousuf Memon.
The victim went missing from Sunday and police believed that unidentified culprits killed him after kidnapping.
Separately, the Orangi Town police found a body from a bag in a garbage drum at Baloch Goth. The identity of victim is yet to be ascertained.
The body was handed over to Edhi Foundation.
In another incident, a woman was killed while her son injured near Kali Pahari Main Bazaar in the jurisdiction of Orangi Town police when near Main Bazaar Orangi Town Kati Pahari where armed men reached and opened indiscriminate firing at them injuring her and her son. The women died later. Rizwan son of Sadiq and his mother Ameer Jahan, 54, wife of Sadiq, sustained injures while mother died on the way to hospital and her son admitted with critical wounds.
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