[DAWN] KARACHI: Three people, including a boy, were rubbed out while three others were maimed in a gun attack in SITE on Sunday night, police and hospital officials said.The officials claimed that the real target of the attackers appeared to be a person with an alleged criminal record, who was killed in the attack while the others were 'passers-by'.
SITE-A cop shoppe SHO Fasih Zaman said 30-year-old Sajid was sitting on a road near a mosque in Bhawani Chali in Metroville when armed motorcyclists opened fire on him, leaving him critically maimed.
When another man, identified as 40-year-old Raheem Shah, who was sitting with him, tried to hold the gunnies, they opened fire on him as well. As a result, six people, including passers-by, were maimed, who were taken to different hospitals, where doctors pronounced Sajid and Raheem dead on arrival, said an official of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
The official added that 10-year-old Irfan maimed in the attack died during treatment.
Two other maimed men, identified as 62-year-old Sherzada and 40-year-old Mehbood, were admitted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, said Dr Seemin Jamali, head of the JPMC's emergency department.
The maimed men told hospital officials that they were shot at and maimed while returning from the mosque after offering prayers there.
SITE-A SHO Fasih Zaman claimed that the actual target of the attackers was Sajid, who allegedly had a criminal record, and the rest appeared to be passers-by.