Seven more fall prey to Karachi violence

KARACHI: Seven more people were killed in separate incidents of firing and violence in the provincial capital on Wednesday.

A man identified as Saleem Laasi was gunned down by unknown armed men in North Nazimabad. The deceased is said to have had an association with a political party.

In a similar incident a man named Akbar Ali was shot and killed in Azimpura area of Shah Faisal Colony while a dead body was found abandoned from Hawksbay.

Another dead body with torture wounds and having hands and legs tied together was found dumped close to Pankha Hotel in Shershah area while a bullet-riddled body was recovered from Paracha Chowk in the same area.

One more body of a man was found abandoned from Garden area who had been abducted and later on killed by unknown men. A tortured body of a youth was also found from SITE area.

The dead bodies have been shifted to a hospital for fulfillment of legal formalities.