Three more killed in Karachi violence, death toll reaches to 11
- January 22, 2014, 8:10 pm
- National News
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KARACHI, Jan 22 (Online): At least three more persons, including mother and a child, were killed in the city, pushing Wednesday’s death toll to eleven.
According to media reports, a cracker attack near Joona Masjid in Lyari, killed three people and injured one. The victims were identified as 40-year-old Zakia, 10-year-old Madad and 2-year-old Tabassum. Tension prevailed in the parts of Lyari as two rival groups attacked each other.
A man was also shot dead in a firing incident that occurred at Ahmed Shah Bukhari Road in Lyari.
Two persons, including a prayer leader, were gunned down in Orangi Town.
Earlier, bodies of four unidentified men and a woman were found lying on a link road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed. The victims were shot in heads.
The deceased, who were wearing shalwar kameez, could not be identified as police were collecting information from the locality about their identification.
The bodies were shifted to Jinnah hospital for medico-legal formalities.
On the other hand, police arrested three target killers from Clifton while Rangers rounded up 29 suspects from different areas of the city during search operation.
