[DAWN] KARACHI: Five people, including a teenager, were found rubbed out in two different parts of district west within the span of a few hours on Monday, officials said.They added that four victims found in the Mochko area appeared to be Baloch, while the one found in Manghopir could be Sindhi or Seraiki.
It appeared that they had been kidnapped somewhere and brought to a deserted place, several kilometres from the mud-road leading to 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...
, where they were bumped off, according to City SSP Sheraz Nazeer.
The trussed-up bodies lying in the bushes near Arib Goth in the area adjoining Balochistan province were spotted by some local people who subsequently informed the police about their presence.
The police said more than a dozen spent bullet casings were found at the scene of the crime, indicating that they were rubbed out there with a 9mm pistol.There were between four and five gunshot wounds on the body of each victim, the officials said.
One of the victims aged around 14 years, two others were between 25 and 30 years while one was about 35-40 years.
All of them were clean-shaven and appeared to be Baloch, the police said.
SSP Nazeer said that no report of missing persons had been filed at any cop shoppe of the City division. However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
in reply to a question, he said that some bodies of missing persons, including krazed killers, had been found in the Mochko area in the recent past.
The bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital 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...
for a post-mortem examination. According to medico-legal official Dr Qarar Ahmed Abbasi, all the dear departed sustained multiple bullet wounds while one body also bore torture marks.
The bodies were brought to the hospital at around 11:15am, the officer said.
The MLO, who conducted the autopsies, added that it seemed they had been killed around eight hours before their bodies were brought to hospital.
Following the post-mortem examination, the bodies were shifted to the Edhi morgue for identification.
Investigation officer of the Mochko area Sub-inspector Ghulam Nabi told Dawn that one of the victims sustained around one dozen bullet wounds on different parts of his body. Another man received four bullet wounds in the head, he added.
He added that the boy wore a blue shirt while all the three men wore shalwar kameez.
Mochko abutting on Balochistan is one of those Karachi localities where 'missing' persons and 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....
gang warfare victims have been found rubbed out.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results...
another young man was found rubbed out on Monday in the Manghopir area, police said.
They added that the man with a bullet wouÂÂÂnd in the head was found in Jam Chakro Goth.