Three MWM activists shot dead in Karachi

KARACHI: In a yet another incident of sectarian violence three Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) workers were gunned down while a woman was also injured in the same shooting here on Sunday night, Geo News reported.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East, Pir Mohammad Shah confirmed the victims’ association with the religious organization.

According to what police told Geo News, unknown shooters hit these MWM activists on Dalmia Road while they were on their way back home after submitting nomination papers for local government polls at the office of Election Commission of Pakistan.

"The unfortunate targets were traveling in a taxi when they succumbed to this suspected drive-by shooting", said a police official.

Two of the victims were killed on the spot while another breathed his last in a private hospital where the casualties were rushed after the shooting.

The dead were identified as Safdar, Alam Hazara, and Syed Ali Shah.

Meanwhile, MWM reacted to this tragedy with a condemnatory statement demanding of the government to bring the killers to the task immediately.

“The victims were MWM candidates for the local bodies election from Hussain Hazara Goth. Their murder is awfully reprehensible. This sectarian savagery must be stopped before it is too late”, the statement further added.