Karachi: Five people were killed and seven others wounded in a shooting incident in Khayaban e Rahat, Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan, late Saturday night.
Update:
Police sources said that Talay Bugti, grandson of Akbar Bugti, died in the incident. This was a dance party with plenty of wine available, the sources said.
Talay Bugti was 22 years old.
Hospital sources said that Zahid Bugti, Kamran and Iqbal also died. The fifth man is yet to be identified.
The injured include Zeeshan, 28, Ziauddin, 19, Zahid Fazal, 27, Faraz Amir, 22, Irfan Adnan, 33, Qamaruddin, 30, Shahbaz Habib, 30, Bilal Arshad, 25 and Eissa Jalaluddin, 28.
Earlier News:
The incident took place in Khayaban-e-Rahat of Defence Housing Authority, police sources said.
According to The News Tribe correspondent in Karachi, unidentified armed men resorted to heavy firing in a party inside Bungalow No 121 in 7th lane of Khayaban-e-Rahat.
As a result, four people died on the spot. The number of causalities could rise as three to four people received severe bullet injuries.
According to a private Pakistani TV channel, SP Clifton Tariq Dharejo confirmed that Talay Akbar Bugti died in the incident.
The bungalow has been sealed and several people have also been arrested from the spot, he said.
Acting Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi Iqbal Mehmood said that the incident took place in a party.
The bodies and the injured were rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center for autopsy and treatment.
Medico-legal Officer Dr Abdur Razzak Sheikh said that two of the injured were in critical condition.
Local sources said that the bungalow has been sealed for all kind of public and media for coverage. Sources said that bottles of wine were also recovered from the spot, but police was trying to hide reality.
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