Five including ASI gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: Five persons including an assistant sub inspector (ASI) were killed in different firing incidents in the metropolis while two bodies were also found Wednesday, Geo News reported.

According to police, unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri area of North Karachi that killed ASI Ghafoor Abbasi and a shopkeeper.

After the attack, the assailants fled from the scene while police seized their motorcycle and pistol.

ASI Ghafoor Abbasi was posted in Manghopir police station. The bodies were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

In another incident, a man and his son were gunned down over a matrimonial issue in Baldia Town. Another man who got injured in firing in Nazimabad succumbed to his injuries today.

Also, two tortured bodies were found from Qayyumabad and Ittehad Town while two persons were injured in firing in New Karachi and Lyari.

Two persons were also injured in an explosion in Manghopir.