KARACHI: The echoes of gun shots did not die down even on Monday in the provincial capital, as eight more people lost their lives in various incidents of violence, pushing the death toll in three...
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November 12, 2012
KARACHI: The echoes of gun shots did not die down even on Monday in the provincial capital, as eight more people lost their lives in various incidents of violence, pushing the death toll in three days to 44, Geo News reported.
Unknown armed men opened fire near Yousuf Plaza when Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah rally marched from one direction while from the opposite side a funeral procession made its way to the graveyard. Four people were injured as marchers panicked and started running in all directions for safety. Some sustained bullet wounds while others received different injuries in the stampede.
Later, enraged people set three vehicles on fire.
Meanwhile, a man who sustained bullet wounds at Dau Minute Chowrangi, Surjani Town, expired at a hospital while another such victim who was injured in firing in Ancholi on Sunday also breathed his last at a medical facility today.
Police recovered a dead body of an unidentified youth from Orangi Town Number 11.5. To police, it appeared that he was first kidnapped and later killed by the abductors.
An individual who had suffered gun shot wounds at Bangla Bazar in Orangi Town succumbed to his injuries while another was killed by unknown armed men in Manghopir.
One Dr. Nisar was shot outside a clinic in Lee Market located in the Lyari area.
Earlier, two people lost their lives after coming under fire attack in Memon Goth. Police said personal enmity could be the cause of this incident.