Four people killed as target killers eye Karachi once again

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Four people killed as target killers eye Karachi once again

KARACHI: Target killers are on the rampage once again. Four people were killed and one was injured in various incidents on Friday.

At the Jaffar Tayyar Society unknown assailants opened fire at three men sitting outside their house killing two, and injuring one person.

DIG East Dr Kamran Faisal said that the slain men include owners of a wedding lawn Malik Asim and Ameer Haider. The injured has been identified as Hasan.

“The murder took place using a 9 mm pistol. It seems like a target killing,” he said.

A Muttahida Qaumi Movement spokesperson claimed that Asim was one of their workers. The party’s top leadership condemned the attack.

In a separate incident at Mujahid Colony, Orangi Town gunmen shot dead a person.

In yet another incident at Landhi 89 22-year-old Aqeel was shot dead by unknown assailants.

Meanwhile security forces conducted a search operation at Old Sabzi Mandi and arrested 15 suspects.

In a shootout at the Super Highway police arrested two suspects in an injured condition.