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Karachi's cycle of violence
[DAWN] Violence has revisited 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... with full force. At least 13 people have been killed in the city since Monday, including four young men bumped off in apparent sectarian attacks. Among the victims are also four coppers. Although the Rangers-led Karachi operation has had an appreciable impact on the city's murder rate in general (this includes murder based on personal enmity or during the commission of a crime, etc), which has dropped by around 40 per cent according to senior police sources, the recent killings illustrate that this comparative improvement is extremely tenuous. During the course of the operation, political and ethnic killings have shown a significant decline albeit the graph of sectarian killings has not fallen to the same extent. The murder of coppers in the city continues around the same pace as before, with 171 taking place last year and 96 in the period from January to July 2014. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-21 |
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