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At least eight people, including a political activist were killed in different areas of the city here on Sunday, police and rescue sources said. A man was gunned down in Shah Faisal colony in the limits of Shah Faisal police station. He was identified as Azmat Ali. Police said the deceased was sitting at his shop when an unknown armed man appeared and opened fire at him.

As a result he received severe injuries and died on the spot. The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was killed in Shoe Market, Garden within the precincts of Garden police station. He was identified as Nizamudin.

Police said the deceased was killed by unidentified pillion riders. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) for autopsy. After the incident, fear and panic gripped the area as miscreants fired in the air and forced the shopkeepers to shut their business.

A bullet-riddled body of a man was found near Raxer Bridge in Old Golimar. The deceased was identified as Mukhtiar son of Saleh. The body was shifted to hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Separately, a police constable was gunned down by unidentified armed men in Ranchore Line area falling in the limits of Nippier police station. The deceased was identified as head constable, Muhammad Aslam. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities.

Similarly, two men sustained injuries in a firing incident in Jehangir Road Jamshed quarter police station. Police said that unknown armed men opened indiscriminate fire in Jehangir Road area leaving two people, Ghulam Mustafa and Shakil, injured. The injured were shifted to ASH where Shakil succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

A man was shot dead at Hawksbay Road within the limits of Maripur police station. The body was shifted to CHK for autopsy. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained till filling of this report.

A man was killed at Korangi Road in the jurisdiction of Korangi police station. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained till filing of this report. A man identified as Muneer,35, was gunned down in Nazimabad area. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012


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