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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Karachi bleeds; 14 dead in target killings

* Five activists of MQM, one of Sunni Tehreek and a policeman among
those killed

Staff Report

KARACHI: At least 14 people, including five activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a worker of Sunni Tehreek and a policeman, were shot dead in separate incident of target killings across the city, while four bodies were found on Monday.

In the first incident, a policeman and an MQM worker were killed, and another worker wounded, in Sector 5L, New Karachi, in the Bilal Colony police precinct. The victims were identified as assistant sub-inspector Ejaz Khokhar, Kamran Ahmed.

In another incident, two MQM activists were killed and another wounded at the Dabbu Club situated at Kati Pahari. Police said armed motorcyclists shot Yasin and Majid dead and fled.

Meanwhile, an MQM worker and a Sunni Tehreek (ST) activist were killed, and another ST worker wounded in the Surjani Town locality.

Police said the armed men opened fire at a grocery store in Surjani, killing Zahid Qadri and wounding Mehmood Qadri. MQM worker Imran was also killed at the same spot. Another MQM’s worker was shot dead in Khawaja Ajmair Nagri.

Separately, a man named Jalal Baloch was shot dead in Agra Taj Colony, Lyari. In Baldia, an unidentified motorcyclist was shot dead. Meanwhile, a watchman, identified as Bashir Aslam, was found dead inside a bungalow in Block 2, Clifton. Similarly, a body was found in the limits of the PIB police.

Separately, the body of an unidentified man was found in the limits of the Pak Colony police. Another bullet-riddled body of a man was found within the limits of the Nippier police. Moreover, two men –Shakeel and the other yet to be identified – were shot dead in Rafa-e-Aam society, Malir, in a robbery bid. Another man, Pardeep, was gunned down in Korangi’s Sector 48F, while his friend Lakhshman was injured in the assault

Another man, Mansoor Abadi, was gunned down in Sector 7D within the limits of Surjani Town police. In another incident, a man named Lal Mohammad, 40, was killed inside his house for resisting a robbing bid in Rais Goth, Baldia.

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

 

 

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