[DAWN] KARACHI: A suspected gangster was rubbed out while his minor son maimed in a gun attack in Kalakot in Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot....
on Thursday night, the police said.
They added that Rasool Bux, 45, along with his four-year-old son Azan was sitting outside his home in Nawalane-10 when gunnies opened fire on them and fled, leaving them in maimed.
The victims were taken to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, from where the relatives took away the body of the dear departed without allowing doctors to fulfil medico-legal formalities, said a hospital official.
The condition of the minor boy was said to be out of danger.
The dear departed was said to be an alleged member of the Taj Mohammed, alias Taju, gang, claimed Kalakot SHO Haji Sanaullah.
He said that the incident appeared to be an outcome of infighting between gang members over extortion.
Suspect rubbed out in Hyderi
A suspect was rubbed out and another maimed in mysterious circumstances in the Hyderi Market area on Thursday night, police said.They added that two suspects were looting people at the Five Star Chowrangi when they were attacked by someone who escaped, leaving behind the two maimed suspects. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced Umair Hanif, 40, dead while Kashif Amirzada, 24, was admitted for treatment.
Hyderi Market SHO Nadeem Tanoli claimed that a cycle of violence, snatched in the Rizvia Society area on March 23, and two mobile phones, snatched from passers-by, were also found in their custody.
Body found
A young man was found rubbed out in Korangi.
The police said the body had been recovered near a technical college. His hands and legs were also tied. Two spent cartridges fired from 9mm pistol were also found at the scene of the crime, which suggested that he was kidnapped, brought there and killed.