Five people, including an activist of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi, were bumped off in different parts of the city on Thursday, said police.MQM worker Mohammad Farooq, 30, aka Kana was killed in a drive-by shooting a few streets from the Landhi residence of the party chairman, said a police brass hat.
The victim was taken to a nearby private hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!
on arrival, said an official at the Awami Colony cop shoppe.
He added that the body was then shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination. He said the victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
"The victim had recently relocated from Sherpao Colony to his old home in Landhi No 6," said SP Shah Faisal Latif Siddiqui.
He added that the shooting was carried out a few streets from the Landhi residence of MQM-H chief Afaq Ahmad.
Following the murder, tension gripped the locality amid intermittent firing.
MQM front man Khalid Naqashbandi said that Farooq was an activist of unit 80 of the party's organizational structure. He condemned the incident, terming it a assassination on political grounds.
Man killed in Garden
Earlier in the morning, a young man was killed on Ghulam Husain Qasim Road in a Garden locality, said police.
Nasir, 26, aka Munna was bumped off outside his apartment building near Yaseen Manzil Ramswami by gunnies riding a
cycle of violence, said a duty officer of the Garden cop shoppe.The victim was rushed to the Civil Hospital 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...
, where he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!
on arrival. The officer quoted hospital sources as saying that he had sustained a gunshot wound to his head.
The police said that the young man was not associated with any political party. They claimed that an investigation was under way to find out a motive for the killing.
Till Thursday evening, nobody had turned up at the Garden cop shoppe to lodge the case.
Cable operator bumped off
A young man associated with a cable networking system was bumped off in New Bloody Karachi, said police.
They added that Amir Khan, 30, was rubbed out near Haroon Apartments in Sector 5C-2 of New Bloody Karachi.
"The victim was shot at thrice with a 9mm pistol," said SP Gulberg Tanveer Alam Odho. He added that the police collected three spent bullet casings found at the scene of the crime
The SP said that some business-related rivalry was suspected as a motive for the killing, though an investigation was under way to take into account other factors as well.
The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Father, son rubbed out
In Machhar Colony, a father and his son were killed and two others maimed late Thursday night, said police.
The officials added that Siraj Noor, 30, was sitting outside his house where gunnies riding a motorbike fired at him. As they were about to flee, they spotted the victim's father, Haji Noor, 55, returning home. They opened fire on him and escaped. In the firing, two passers-by were also hit by bullets.
The victims were rushed to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi where Siraj Noor and his father were pronounced dead, while the two passers-by, Khalid and Sohail, were admitted for treatment.
SSP District West Amir Farooqui said that police suspected involvement of 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....
gangsters in the incident.
Two held for killing man
Earlier, a young man associated with the fisheries business was rubbed out near Saddam Chowk in Machhar Colony.
The police said that Moinuddin, 30, was killed over personal enmity and claimed to have tossed in the clink
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the killers. "We have tossed in the clink
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
two suspects said to be involved in the firing," said SSP Farooqui.