At least three people were killed and 11 others injured in fresh spate of violence Tuesday morning in the metropolis areas including Hasan Square, Shershah and Orangi Town, police said.
According to the details, angry people distressed by firing incidents in the area set a vehicle ablaze in Qasba Colony this morning. The firing incidents here are every day’s routine which killed at least two people and injured three others.
Later on, Kati Pahari road was closed down for traffic. Citizens said city administration seems helpless viz-a-viz continuous firing incidents.
Meantime, two armed groups locked horns bursting into gunfire at city’s important center Hasan Square, resultantly, three people were injured. Later on, enraged people pelted the passing vehicles with stones near Old Sabzi Mandi, causing this vital road to be closed for an hour.
Meantime, some unidentified miscreants shot down a man and injured five other people. The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital.
Markets and other commercial centers in the area were closed in the wake of firing incidents.
Police registered cases of the incident and started investigation.