At least seven people including Station House Officer (SHO) of Civil Lines and two constables were killed along with 16 others maimed 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 Saturday, in the consecutive second day of violence and unrest.
Sporadic firing incidents caused tension in different areas of Lyari, keeping the entire locality shut. SHO Civil Line Fawwad Khan and two police constables were killed and five other police officials were maimed when unknown culprits hurled a hand grenade and opened fire on them at Kalakot.
A man in his mid twenties was rubbed out near Gubool Park. Four people, including a woman, were rubbed out near Cheel Chowk.
Exchange of fire between myrmidons and police continued throughout the day. The police operation was started under the supervision of SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam in the early hours of Friday in deep and narrow lanes of Lyari against criminal elements involved in gang war.
However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
the police encountered severe resistance as criminal elements not only opened fire on them but also hurled hand grenades and used rocket propelled grenades.
On Friday about eight people were killed in the day long fighting between LEAs and criminal elements. At night there was decline in firing incidents in Lyari on Saturday it started again. Crime Investigation Department (CID), Frontier Constabulary (FC), Elite Force and police took part in the targeted operation.
Additional Inspector General (AIG) Akhtar Hussain Gorchani while talking to media said the operation will continue until criminal elements are eliminated.