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| Five killed in wave of violence in Karachi | |
| 2011-04-05 | |
As per reports, two workers of the ASWJ, formerly known as Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, were gunned down near Liaquatabad underpass in the limits of the Liaquatabad Police Station. Abu Hashim, 28, along with his friend Zubair was on his way to his house on a motorcycle when two unidentified armed men riding a motorbike opened fire at him and his friend. They both received bullet injuries and died on the spot. The bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for necessary medico-legal formalities. According to Mubeen Tariq, a police official, Hashim had received three bullets and Zubair two. Hashim, a resident of Sarjani Town, was a student of the DJ Science College while Zubair had been studying at the NED University of Engineering and Technology. The two students were going home after attending a Seeratun Nabi conference in Bandhani Colony when the unidentified attackers targeted them. Tension gripped Liaquatabad and Sarjani areas after the killings of the ASWJ workers. Spokesman of the ASWJ, Maulana Taj Hanfi, condemned the incident and demanded early arrest of the killers. A case has been registered against the unidentified killers and investigations are in progress. Separately, a sanitary worker was shot dead in Ranchor Line in the jurisdiction of the Eidgah Police Station. The victim, identified as Ravi, 22, was standing outside his residence when two unidentified gunmen opened fire at him. He received several bullet injuries and died instantly. The body was shifted to the Karachi Civil Hospital for postmortem and was later handed over to the heirs. A senior police official, Raja Tanveer, suspected that Ravi might have been liquidated over the suspicion of being an informer. In another incident, police found a dead body in Korangi area in the precincts of the Awami Colony Police Station. SHO Shakir Ali said the victim was shot in the temple. He suspected that unidentified criminals had kidnapped him and later killed him. The policeman said the victim seemed to be a Bengali national, aging 27 years. The body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for autopsy and later shifted to the Edhi morgue for identification. In a separate incident, a truck driver was killed by one of his relatives near a truck stand in the limits of the Site-A Police Station. The victim, 35-year-old Abdul Ghaffar alias Paapa, was a resident of Bawani Chalie. Reportedly, Ghaffar and his relative Mehboob were not on good terms. On the day of the incident, they both exchanged hot words, as a result of which, Mehboob pulled a pistol at Ghaffar and killed him. The accused fled the scene after committing the crime. Police has registered a case against Mehboob and is investigating. Separately, a man was shot dead in the limits of the Sacchal Police Station. The deceased, Muhammad Akakhel, 39, a resident of Junejo Town, was a social worker, said SHO Agha Shamshad. He was shot by two gunmen, riding a motorbike, when he was sitting at a spare parts shop on Abdul Hassan Ispahani Road. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |