Karachi: Three more people including two lawyers were gunned down in separate shooting incidents in Karachi, reaching the death toll to 12 within 24-hour.
In the fresh incident of target killing two lawyers of PML-N Lawyer Forum were shot dead near Gora Qabrustan when unidentified armed men sprayed their car with bullets, killing them on the spot.
The victims were identified as Faheem Riaz and Mohammad Saleem Bhatti.
In another incident a man was killed in Surjani town. Two other men were shot and injured in Shah Faisal Colony. Faheem was the chief organiser of PML-N Lawyer Forum while Saleem Bhatti was the deputy chief organizer of the forum.
On the direction of Additional Inspector General Karachi Police Saud Mirza an investigation team has been formed in the supervision of DIG East to probe the incident.
Mirza said that it was the sixth incident of such kind in which lawyers were targeted. He said we were working on different grounds to unearth the group behind the killings.
At the other hand, lawyer communities has announced black day on Saturday and judicial process would be remained off on Saturday.
Earlier, unknown gunmen opened unprovoked firing in Orangi Town No. 5 & 12 and killed two persons including a 12 years old boy.
In New Karachi, anonymous armed men killed an unknown person and during this incident another got severe injuries. In other incidents two men Subhan and Akhlaq were shot dead by firing near Gul Sher Hotel and in bus firing Anwar Umar Jan lost his life.
In Shafique Abad near Sohraab Goth, unidentified assailants opened firing on a mini bus bearing No. W-11. Resultantly, a 28-year-old Abdul Sattar son of Zubair Jan died on the spot while 3 others sustained injuries including Asif son of Akhlaq Ahmad (30), Umair son of Mirza Saeed Baig (28) and Saleem son of Mukhtar (18).
The injured were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical treatment.
Besides, near Nagan Chorangi, unknown men with arms gunned down Anwar son of Muhammad Noor Islam (50).
Meanwhile, unknown armed men gunned down Asad in New Karachi, Industrial Area located in the jurisdiction of Gabool Town Police Station. After the incident fear and panic spread in the area while shopkeepers and businessmen shut down their shops in fear.
The situation in Orangi Town is tense as firing between two groups in continued. The situation in Faiz Shah Colony, Rahim Colony and Urdu Chowk is also tense due to incidents of firing.
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