Karachi violence takes ugly turn
* 29 killed, 50 injured on the third day running of bloody murders
* 10 killed as gunmen open indiscriminate fire on two passenger buses
By Atif Raza
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KARACHI: The business hub city of the country, Karachi, has sunk deeper into ethnic violence as 34 more people were mowed down on Thursday. With no let-up in the escalating tension and normalcy in the security situation in sight in the near future, the death toll topped 70 in straight three days of bloodshed.
Apart from firing incidents in other areas of Karachi, the epicentre of intense firing and grenade attacks by unidentified attackers remains the hills around Orangi Town. Areas like Banaras, Qasba, Pirabad, Baldia, Saeedabad, Gulistan-e-Johar, North Karachi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Sarjani, Old Subzi Mandi and others are facing a war-like situation.
Scores of people residing in Orangi Town and its surroundings have received gunshot wounds inside their houses that had prompted a near mass exodus.
While law enforcement agencies seem “toothless”, citizens prefer to stay at home for fear of further armed attacks.
Reportedly, at least 10 commuters lost their lives near Banaras Bridge when unidentified attackers riding bikes fired shells at a minibus.
In a similar incident, three people were killed and eight others, including women and children, wounded when a passenger coach was targeted by unidentified gunmen in the limits of the SITE Police Station. Fifteen dead bodies and 35 injured were brought to Qatar and Abbasi Shaheed hospitals. The victims were from Orangi Town, Islamia Colony, Pirabad, Qasba and Kati Pahari areas An MQM activist, Tanveer Hussain, was gunned down in Qasba Colony.
In Pirabad area, four people, including Akhter, Azam, Shahzad and one unknown, were killed due to the shooting by unidentified gunmen. A town office in Saeedabad Sector 7 was attacked by unidentified arsonists. A six-year-old girl, Laiba, was hit by two bullets in Pirabad area on her way back to home. She died instantly. Alamgir, 30, a resident of Muslimabad, was gunned down by unidentified assassins. In Qasba Colony, one Zohaib was killed while Muhammad Shah, Mazhar Abbas, Pervaiz, Miandad, Mina Bibi and Yaqoob received bullets wounds. Yaqoob Pathan sustained burn injuries and later died when some arsonists torched his residence near a police checkpost. Another ANP activist, Imtiaz Afridi, and Shahrukh Pasha, 29, were shot dead in Baldia Town.
Bullet-riddled body of Zahid Baloch was recovered from Memon Goth. A 26-year-old unidentified man was gunned down at Kalakot.
Three more people fell prey to targeted killings in Mominabad area. One Bakhtawar and unknown man were killed in Orangi Town’s Sector 13 late on Thursday night. A man, Muhammad Anwar, was shot dead near his house in Raja Tanvir Colony.
In Baldia Town, late night firing on a bus killed one Ihsan and injured three others. In Pirabad and Gulshan-e-Iqbal areas, two people were killed by unidentified gunmen late on Thursday night.
* 10 killed as gunmen open indiscriminate fire on two passenger buses
By Atif Raza
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KARACHI: The business hub city of the country, Karachi, has sunk deeper into ethnic violence as 34 more people were mowed down on Thursday. With no let-up in the escalating tension and normalcy in the security situation in sight in the near future, the death toll topped 70 in straight three days of bloodshed.
Apart from firing incidents in other areas of Karachi, the epicentre of intense firing and grenade attacks by unidentified attackers remains the hills around Orangi Town. Areas like Banaras, Qasba, Pirabad, Baldia, Saeedabad, Gulistan-e-Johar, North Karachi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Sarjani, Old Subzi Mandi and others are facing a war-like situation.
Scores of people residing in Orangi Town and its surroundings have received gunshot wounds inside their houses that had prompted a near mass exodus.
While law enforcement agencies seem “toothless”, citizens prefer to stay at home for fear of further armed attacks.
Reportedly, at least 10 commuters lost their lives near Banaras Bridge when unidentified attackers riding bikes fired shells at a minibus.
In a similar incident, three people were killed and eight others, including women and children, wounded when a passenger coach was targeted by unidentified gunmen in the limits of the SITE Police Station. Fifteen dead bodies and 35 injured were brought to Qatar and Abbasi Shaheed hospitals. The victims were from Orangi Town, Islamia Colony, Pirabad, Qasba and Kati Pahari areas An MQM activist, Tanveer Hussain, was gunned down in Qasba Colony.
In Pirabad area, four people, including Akhter, Azam, Shahzad and one unknown, were killed due to the shooting by unidentified gunmen. A town office in Saeedabad Sector 7 was attacked by unidentified arsonists. A six-year-old girl, Laiba, was hit by two bullets in Pirabad area on her way back to home. She died instantly. Alamgir, 30, a resident of Muslimabad, was gunned down by unidentified assassins. In Qasba Colony, one Zohaib was killed while Muhammad Shah, Mazhar Abbas, Pervaiz, Miandad, Mina Bibi and Yaqoob received bullets wounds. Yaqoob Pathan sustained burn injuries and later died when some arsonists torched his residence near a police checkpost. Another ANP activist, Imtiaz Afridi, and Shahrukh Pasha, 29, were shot dead in Baldia Town.
Bullet-riddled body of Zahid Baloch was recovered from Memon Goth. A 26-year-old unidentified man was gunned down at Kalakot.
Three more people fell prey to targeted killings in Mominabad area. One Bakhtawar and unknown man were killed in Orangi Town’s Sector 13 late on Thursday night. A man, Muhammad Anwar, was shot dead near his house in Raja Tanvir Colony.
In Baldia Town, late night firing on a bus killed one Ihsan and injured three others. In Pirabad and Gulshan-e-Iqbal areas, two people were killed by unidentified gunmen late on Thursday night.
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