Two young scouts were bumped off and three others injured in an attack by unidentified gunnies on a Muharam-ul-Haram procession at Numaish Chowrangi on Sunday evening, police said.The incident took place when the procession was passing by a mosque in the limits of Soldier Bazaar Police Station.
An official Shoaib at the cop shoppe said the dear departed were identified as Zain and Ali, volunteers of Abu Turab Scouts. However,
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identity of the other three severely injured are yet to be ascertained.
The bodies and injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi.
The armed culprits opened the fire on the volunteers and mourners, when they were going to join the central congregation (majlis) of Imam Hussain (as) at Nishtar Park.
The participants of the procession staged demonstration at Numaish Chowrangi against the attack by beturbanned goons and blocked central M.A.Jinnah Road in protest against the incident. Police and Rangers cordoned the area after the incident.