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| 2012-04-07 |
| KARACHI: Six people, including three PPP and a PSF activist, were killed in the ongoing wave of target and sectarian killings in the city on Friday. Tension engulfed several areas of Orangi Town after four gunmen, riding two motorbikes, opened fire at a shop in Urdu Chowk Orangi Town. Four PPP workers – Farhan alias Guddu, Nafees Siddiqui alias Munno Bihari, Umer Hayat and Rana Faraz – received bullet injuries and were moved to hospital. Farhan, Nafees and Hayat succumbed to the injuries later. DSP Tariq Malik said the four shooting victims used to meet at the targeted shops, and added that the shooting took place after Friday prayers. He said a heavy contingent of police reached the site of killing to maintain order in the area. The killings triggered violence in Orangi Town’s sectors 10, 14 and 15, Bismillah Colony, Faqeer Colony, Urdu Chowk and its surrounding areas. Some armed men also resorted to aerial firing, forcing markets to shut down. Carrying the body of Farhan, scores of PPP workers marched on Shaheen Complex and tried to reach the Chief Minister’s House in the ‘red zone’. Police moved in a container to block the way of protesters and also baton charged them, injuring six party activists. But the angry mob walked into the Fawara Chowk area where Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah showed up and assured the protesters that the government would arrest the killers. The assurance helped pacify the protesters who then dispersed and moved Farhan’s body to his home. No case had been registered until the filing of this report. A seminary teacher was also shot dead in Surjani Town in an act of “sectarian” violence. The incident took place in Sector L-1 near the Maymarabad Mosque where Naeem Sheikh, 55, was driving his car when gunmen, riding two motorcycles, opened fired on him. Sheikh received five bullets and died instantly. Police said Sheikh was the resident of New Karachi and that he was also a teacher at Jalilia Madrassa. They said Sheikh was an active member of the Tableeghi Jamaat and that he could be a target of sectarian killing. A People’s Students Federation (PSF) worker was also shot dead outside his house in the Mobina Town police area. Saeed Hussain Khan, 29, was the resident of Scout Colony and came under fire from unidentified gunmen. An injured Khan was moved to hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. Soon after Khan’s murder, scores of PSF workers reached the hospital. PSF Karachi President Faisal Sheikh said the victim was an active member of the federation in the Karachi University. Condemning the killing, the PSF Karachi chief said Khan was not involved in any criminal activity. An activist of the banned outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), was also shot dead in Godhra Society. Abdullah Bhumka, 55, was on his way home after offering Isha prayers when armed men shot him in sector 11-G, New Karachi. |
| Posted by:Steve White |