Two religious scholars among 12 killed in Karachi

KARACHI: At least twelve people including two religious scholars were killed as violence continued to plague the city on Thursday.

Three people including Mufti Abdul Majeed Deenpuri and Mufti Muhammad Saleh were killed when unknown men opened fire at their car on Shahrah-e-Faisal near Nursery.

Earlier, the police had recovered six bodies dumped in gunny bags from different areas of the city.

According to the police, two bodies bearing bullet wounds were found from Askari Park situated near Pak Colony and University Road.

Three gunny-bagged bodies were found from Qaimkhani Colony of Baldia Town late on Wednesday night, who were kidnapped, tortured and then killed.

Police claimed that unidentified people threw the bodies from a car near Baho Chowk. It said that all the three were abducted from Orangi Town area last day at 6 pm.

Another body was found near Timber Market located in the Old City Area.
Meanwhile, a man was gunned down near Habib Ground located in Landhi area. The deceased was identified as 24-year old Danish.