Tuesday 5 July 2011
Karachi violence claims eight more lives
KARACHI: At least eight people were killed and dozens injured in firing incidents on Tuesday in different parts of Karachi predominantly in the limits of Orangi and Pirabad police stations.
Police said that activists of two rival political parties exchanged firing in Orangi Town. Resultantly, six people were killed and 18 others sustained injuries.
The bodies and injured were rushed to the different hospitals of the city including Qatar Hospital, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Aga Khan Hospital, police said.
A violent day started with firing between armed gangs in Hassan Square area, two people sustained injuries as a result, later the violence spread and gripped almost the whole city.
In another incident one man was killed and nine others injured including three police constables in Shershah scrap market area.
SHO Shershah Arif Afridi said some enraged people were returning after funeral to their relative, who had been kidnapped from Baldia Town on 3rd July, 2011 and the dead-body was recovered from said area last night.
The enraged mob gathered at Shershah roundabout and opened indiscriminate firing. At least 10 people were injured including police constables Yar Mohammad, Alif Khan and Ghulam Murtaza. The injured persons were rushed to the different hospitals of the city.
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