13 more gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: At least 13 people including two policemen were killed and four other dead bodies found from different areas of Karachi on Friday, police said.

As per details, three men were shot dead by unidentified assailants in FB Area in wee hours of Friday. The deceased were identified as Imran, 32, son of Muhammad Younus, Abdul Basit, 45, son of Muhammad Alam and Shoaib, 45, son of Muhammad Sharif. They were targeted in the limits of Samanabad police station.

An official Zulfikar at the station said they had come from Balochistan to receive bodies of their two relatives killed in Baldia area on 16 and 13 May. When they were returning back after collecting the bodies from Edhi morgue Sohrab Goth, unidentified armed men opened fire on them near Ancholi Imam Bargah. They all died on the sport. The bodies were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Samanabad police registered a case number 54/2012 under section 302, 324/34 of PPC against unknown persons and started further probe.

Two bullet-riddled bodies were found from Baldia Number 5 in the wee hours of the same day. The deceased were identified as 22-year-old Mitho and 25-year-old Amir. The bodies bore torture marks and bullets holes. They were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) for postmortem.

A young man was shot dead by unidentified armed men near Al-Asif Square, Sohrab Goth area on night between Thursday and Frdiay.

The deceased, Usman Ali, 18, son of Nawaz Khan, resident of Hassan Nauman Colony was critically injured when unknown person opened firing on him near his home within the jurisdiction of Sohrab Goth police station, a duty officer, Hussain Bakhsh told PPI.

The injured was being rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) but he succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital.

The police registered a case number 357/2012 under section 302/34 of PPC and started further probe. Separately, two cops were shot dead by unidentified armed culprits in Baldia, Ittihad Town also on night between Thursday and Friday.

Three cops from Mochko police station were conducting snap checking at Khaibar Chowk of Muhammad Khan Colony when they sidnalled three persons riding two bikes to stop, who instead opened indiscriminate fire on police.

The armed persons targeted first Muhammad Khan Niazi who was holding a SMG. Constable Niazi and another cop Arif died on the spot while third cop ASI Tarik Khan plunged into a hole and got minor injuries.

The criminals while fleeing took away with the weapons of police.

The bodies and injured were shifted to PNS Shifa Hospital.

Mochko police registered a FIR number 197/2012 under section 353, 324, 302 and 7-ATA against unidentified persons and started probe.

Funeral prayer of the martyred policemen was held at Garden Police Head Quarter after Friday prayers.

Meanwhile, the bullet riddled body of a young man was found in Liaquatabad on early hours of Friday, police said. It was recovered near Arshi Chowk from Timber Market falling in the remits of Liaquatabad police station.

A duty officer at the station said identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet. The deceased was shot in head after torture.

The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem. Later, it was moved to Edhi Morgue for want of identification.

Liaquatabad police lodged an FIR number 77/2012 under section 302 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on behalf of the state.

Four people including a child were shot dead and four others injured at in Malir on the same day.

Three people were killed while a child was critically injured in indiscriminate firing at Mansehra Colony falling in the limits of Sharafi Goth police station. The deceased were identified as Fazal s/o Islam Jan, Siraj s/o Pirzada and Anwar Sher, all in their mid forties.

The injured child, Ayaz son of Fazal Muhammad succumbed to his injuries during treatment. The other injured were identified as Riasat Bibi, 45, Muslim Khan, 22, Zaka, 25 and Amjad, 30.

The injured and bodies were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Decomposed body of a girl was found from a Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Friday, police said. At least ten days old body of 8-year-old girl was recovered from empty plot number 318 of block 20 falling in the limits of Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station.

The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for postmortem. Later the body was shifted to Edhi Morgue for want of identification.

A man identified as Abdul Qadir was shot dead at Gul Bai, Sher Shah Area.

Moreover, Friday evening a man was shot dead in Shah Latif Town area. The deceased was identified as Sabir, 25 son of Faizullah.

After these incidents of violence police and rangers beefed up patrolling and started snap checking in different parts of Karachi.