Karachi – At least seven persons were killed and several others injured including a woman in fresh spate of violence in different localities of the city on Tuesday.
According to police, a man identified as Abdul Ghani, 26, was gunned down near Mohajir camp in Baldia Town. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital for lego-medical formalities. 40-year-old, Khadim Hussain was shot dead over personal dispute near Rim Jhim Tower in Saadi Town in the vicinity of police station Malir Cantt.
Unknown armed men gunned down one person in Safoora Goth locality of the city and fled the scene. The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem and identification.
In yet another incident of firing, a youngster was killed, when unidentified gunmen opened fire at him in Shershah area.
A security guard of a private company Shakil, 38 was wounded in firing at Garden East area. One person sustained injury by firing at Gulzar-e-Hijri, scheme 33 adjacent to Super Highway.
The police recovered two bullet riddled and tortured bodies packed in gunny bags from different localities of Lyari Agra Taaj.
Armed motorcyclists opened fire on people near Nazimabad Board office, injuring four including a City Warden, his son and a woman.
The injured were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where according to hospital sources their condition was out of danger.
Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies during separate actions nabbed more than 10 criminals besides recovering arms and drugs from their possession.