KARACHI:Fourteen people were killed and over 20 injured in target killing incidents in Karachi on Thursday night as parts of the city remained tensed due to the rampant violence.
Wali Khan Babar, a young reporter, was killed after being shot five times near Liaquatabad market on his way home.DIG West Sultan Khawaja has appointed a team of three SSPs to investigate the journalists killing.
Abus in Banaras was fired at, killing six commuters on the spot and two men were killed in separate incidents of firing in Liaquatabad and Banaras metroville, while another man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Korangi Chakro.
Late at night in Orangi Town, a man was killed by firing, while the body of an unidentified man was found near Jam Sadiq bridge Friday morning.
Updated from print edition (below)
Fresh violence: At least 8 killed in firing incidents
Fresh violence erupted in Karachi late Thursday, with at least eight people killed and over 15 injured in firing incidents in different parts of the metropolis.
The killings took place shortly after an attack on Awami National Party (ANP) Deputy General Secretary Bashir Jan in the Hassan Square area.
Most of the firing incidents took place in parts of Orangi Town, including Banaras, Bukhari Colony, Kati Pahari. One Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker Hammad, who was also said to be a relative ofMQM leader Shoaib Bukhari, was shot dead in the Liaquatabad area.
Four bodies and eight injured were brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, three bodies and two injured to Civil Hospital Karachi and one body and seven injured to Qatar Hospital.
Law enforcement agencies were put on high alert following the incidents.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2011.
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