Three young workers of the Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat, two of them brothers, were rubbed out in an attack on their auto-mechanic shop in Surjani Town on Saturday that also left a man maimed in what appeared to be part of the ongoing sectarian killings, police and ASWJ sources said.The area police said some four gunnies on two cycle of violences pulled up outside Hafiz Autos in Sector 7-A and two of them fired shots at the young men who were busy in their routine work. The firing sparked panic in the congested locality.
"After the guns fell silent, the people found four young men lying badly maimed in and outside Hafiz Autos," said Inspector Shabbir Hussain, the SHO of the Surjani Town cop shoppe. "All the four maimed were later moved to hospital, but before reaching any health facility, three of them -- Waqas, Hamza and Saad -- died from the wounds."
He said the attackers had used 9mm and 30-bore pistols and the Sherlocks found more than 15 casings of spent bullets at
the crime-scene.
Hamza and Saad were brothers and Waqas worked at their shop, he said, adding that all victims were in their middle and late 20s, who had been running the shop for over a decade.
"Wounded Talha has been shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he is also said to be in a critical condition," he added.
A front man for the ASWJ condemned the incident and accused the government and the city's security administration of being biased against the party.
"We keep conveying our concerns about the security of our workers and leaders to police authorities and senior government officials, but no step has been taken in this regard," he said. "More than a dozen ASWJ workers have fallen prey
to assassination in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
alone in less than a month, which shows the height of threat to our people, but not a single killer has been tossed in the clink
Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up!
by the police despite assurances."
Transporter, trader bumped off
A transporter and a trader were also bumped off in separate parts of the city on Saturday, police said.
They said gunnies attacked a van near the Dakkhana traffic intersection in Liaquatabad early in the morning when it was headed to the new Sabzi Mandi off the Superhighway.
"Two men on a motorbike were seen firing at the van," said Inspector Ejaz Qaimkhani, SHO of the Liaquatabad cop shoppe, quoting eyewitnesses. "There were more than a dozen passengers in the van. Only the driver, identified as
42-year-old Mohammedan Khan, sustained a fatal bullet wound."
He said the victim was a resident of Karnaal Basti in Pir Bukhari Colony. He ran his van between old and new wholesale vegetable markets for traders. The police suspected personal enmity behind the incident.
"We have talked to the family, who accuse a group of people of involvement in the firing. The two sides have some old dispute, including some monetary issue," added the SHO.
In Gulistan-e-Jauhar, the owner of a juice centre was found rubbed out near his home. The area police said 35-year-old Ali Madad was found rubbed out near Kamran Chowrangi early in the morning.
"The victim was at home when he received a phone call at midnight," said Inspector Kanson Dean, SHO of the Gulistan-e-Jauhar cop shoppe.
"He left home in his car telling the family that he was going to see a friend. After an hour when the family tried to contact him, his cellphone was switched off and after sunrise his body was found abandoned near his home bearing two bullet wounds."
He said the victim ran a juice centre on the main Sharea Faisal and his murder appeared to be the result of some personal
enmity though the family denied the victim had any known enemy.