Seven killed in Karachi firing, violence

KARACHI: Seven persons were killed in different firing and violence incidents in the meg-metropolis city here, Geo News reported.

Police said that one person was gunned down at Chisti Nagar, while one tortured corpse of a young man, who was killed after kidnapping, was recovered from Khairabad in Orangi Town area here.

Motorcycle armed riders opened fire at a tea stall at Federal ‘B’ Area Industrial Area, which resulted in the death of two persons and three wounded. The three injured were sent to the hospital, where all of them succumbed to their injuries. Initial investigation revealed that it was a targeted killing.

Ahl-e-Sunnat Wa Al Jamaat leader Maulana Aurangzeb Faruqui said that all the five deceased were the activists of Jamaat. He demanded immediate arrest of the murderers.