Karachi continues to bleed as 13 more lose lives

The city continues to bleed as at least 13 people have been killed in different areas in ongoing violence on Tuesday, SAMAA reports. According to police, unidentified armed attackers targeted a vehicle of religious leader Maulana Orangzeb Farooqui in Moti Mahal area in Gulshan-e-Iqbal this afternoon, killing six people including four policemen. He survived the attack. “They opened indiscriminate fires on the car onboard by Maulana Orangzeb and his security squad. As a result, four policemen of Maulana’s squad a driver and one of his associates were killed while Maulana sustained bullet injuries,” SSP Asim Qaimkhani said while speaking to SAMAA. The dead and injured were shifted to Liaqat National hospital where infuriated people created agitation, burning tyres on the Stadium Road and pelting vehicles with stones. A passenger bus was torched near Aisha Manzil. Police and Rangers arrived at the scene to control the situation. Earlier today, a religious party’s activist, Haider, was shot dead and his friend Abdul Hafeez was injured in unidentified gunmen’s firing in Orangi Town. A 25-year-old man Shahzad was shot dead while his brother Ayaz received bullet injuries near Azeempura Bus Stop in Shah Faisal Colony. Police said that the incident was a result of personal enmity. A dead body, packed in a gunny sack, was found near Timber Market, Old Haji Camp. Sources said that the victim was kidnapped, tortured and then gunned down. Another body of a young man was found from Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 5. On the other hand, Rangers conducted a search operation in Faqeer Colony, Orangi Town and arrested as many as 100 suspects including a key man involved in gang war. Rangers also recovered weapons, drugs and other things from them. SAMAA