[Dawn] Thirteen people, including three members of a family and an Imambargah trustee, were rubbed out in targeted attacks in the city on Monday, officials said.They said that the trustee of an Imambargah and his driver were rubbed out in a New 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...
locality in an attack apparently on sectarian grounds.
Hasan Ali, 35, was on his way to his Pakwan Centre in New Karachi's Sector-13 in his chauffeur-driven car when four gunnies riding two cycle of violences sprayed the vehicle with bullets and rode away.
Mr Ali and his driver, Mujeeb Rehman, 40, sustained multiple bullet wounds and died before any medical aid could be provided to them. The bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
"Ali Hasan was a trustee of Aal-e-Muhammad Imambargah in the area and his murder could be linked to sectarianism," said Karachi Central SSP Amir Farooqi.
He said that a relative of the slain Mr Ali, who was also a trustee of the Imambargah, was killed in a sectarian attack in the same area around a year ago.
Man, two sons killed in Lyari
A man and his two young sons were rubbed out by armed motorcyclists 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....
in a suspected targeted attack on Monday morning, the police said.
They added that four gunnies riding two cycle of violences attacked the three family members who as a matter of routine were selling cooked breakfast on pushcarts in Jhat Pat Market.
Kalakot SHO Saleem Marwat said the victims identified as Abdul Shakoor, 55, and his two sons, 24-year-old Zahid and 20-year-old Abid, sustained multiple bullet wounds in the attack. They were rushed to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where doctors declared them dead on arrival, he added.
The police officer said that the victims, residents of Oqal Bunga compound of Ranchhore Line, originally hailed from Bahawalnagar, Punjab.
"Investigators are probing mainly two possible motives for the attack," said Lyari SP Shahnawaz.
He said the three men might have been targeted by criminal elements over the suspicion of their being police 'informers'.
The other possible motive could be their ethnic identity, as people hailing from Punjab were being targeted in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
also, he added.
The officer said the vendors had been selling cooked breakfast for the past 16 years in the same area.
Three found rubbed out
Three young men were found rubbed out in a car near Haroon Royal City, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block-17, in the early hours of Monday, according to the Sharea Faisal police.
Wrapped in polythene bags, the corpses also bore torture marks, they said.
Shah Faisal SP Syed Ali Asif told Dawn that the three men, in their 30s, might have been kidnapped, subjected to torture before being bumped off.
He said each victim was hit by a single bullet in the head.
The senior officer said the car in which the bodies were found had been snatched in the vicinity on Sunday. "The car was snatched from Waqar Ahmed near Rabia City in Gulistan-e-Jauhar," the police said.
They said the bodies were shifted to the Edhi morgue for want of identification after a post-mortem examination at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
Man bumped off outside KU
A young man was bumped off outside the University of Karachi on Monday morning, the Mobina Town police said.
They added that Saleem Rahat Bhatti, 40, was on his way from his residence in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block-8, on his cycle of violence to his office in a factory in SITE when suspects also riding a cycle of violence attacked him on the main University Road. He sustained two bullet wounds and died. Mobina Town SHO Jamal Muhammad Leghari said circumstances suggested that the suspects had been chasing him and targeted him at a deserted place outside the university early morning.
He said the victim's family had hinted at some personal enmity behind the murder but did not nominate anyone in the FIR.
Watchman killed in Sohrab Goth
A watchman was rubbed out in a commercial area of Sohrab Goth, police said.
They added that Amir Khan, 45, was bumped off in Super Market. He sustained three gunshot wounds in his head.
The police said the victim was the watchman in the same market and originally hailed from
Wazoo.Killing in Korangi
A young man was bumped off in Korangi on Monday.
Police said that the perforated carcass of Haris Arif, 25, was found near the Coast Guard Chowrangi.
The corpse was shifted to the JPMC for a post-mortem examination.
Zaman Town SHO Sarfraz Gondal said a pistol was found on the body.
He said that the police believed that he was killed by his accomplice(s) over some dispute.
He was a resident of Landhi.
Trader rubbed out in Kalri
A fish trader was rubbed out in the Kalri area, police said.
They said that Iqbal Niazi, 50, was going on his cycle of violence when gunnies targeted him near the old truck stand on Mauripur Road.
The police said that the victim was going to the Fisheries area when he was killed.