Gunmen kill four in Karachi

KARACHI: Unknown biker-gunmen late Tuesday night opened fire at a cloth shop killing four people and injuring one near Nagan Chowrangi area of the city, Geo News reported.

The attackers fled the scene after the bloodshed leaving the area in the grip of fear.

Details are pouring in intermittently, but initial reports say the murdered owned and ran a garments shop under an apartment building and were businesslike people with no involvement of any kind in activities other than that.

After the firing incident the bullet-riddled victims were rushed to Abbassi Shaheed Hospital, but four out of five could not make it and died on the way.

Bedlam followed the firing as the gunshots stampeded the shoppers into rushing for their lives injuring many.

Aggrieved but angry local residents thronged the hospital chanting slogans and lamenting this act of butchery.

Large number of bereaved family members raised hue and cry at the hospital demanding justice.

Police/Rangers also made a beeline to the murder scene but to no avail.

SSP Central told Geo News the killings were targeted. More details are yet to come.

Some reports are linking this tragedy to professional rivalry.