Three including prayer leader gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: Three persons including a prayer leader and a bank guard were gunned down in New Karachi and Boat Basin areas respectively on Wednesday afternoon, Geo News reported.

According to police, 40-year old prayer leader Qari Hassan Naseer was shot dead by the unidentified armed men inside the mosque situated in New Karach. He died before he could be taken to hospital. The assailants managed to flee from the crime scene. The body of deceased was shifted to Abbassi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy.

Tension prevailed in the area after the incident.

In another incident, 55-year old Feroz Khan, security guard of private bank, was gunned down by unidentified armed men when he was on duty at bank branch situated in Boat Basin, Clifton area in the jurisdiction of Boat Basin Police Station.

The assailants managed to escape from the crime scene. The body of deceased was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for postmortem.

28 years old Naveed Bangish s/o Hassan Bangish was also targeted by unidentified armed men in Tariq Road area. The attackers fled from the crime scene. The body was moved to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for medico legal formalities.