Lyari remained tense after Saturday after a PPP leader and brother of a minister was killed in a grenade attack.
A brother of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian MPA and Provincial Minister Javed Nagori was killed and four others including a policeman were injured in a hand-grenade attack in Lyari on Saturday.
Akbar Nagori, brother of the provincial minister and four other people, sustained injuries in a hand-grenade attack in Nayaabad, Lyari. The injured were brought to Civil Hospital Karachi for treatment where Akbar Nagori succumbed to injuries. According to hospital sources, all other injured persons were out of danger.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah condemned the attack and sought a report from the Sindh IG. DIG South Dr Jameel told media outside the hospital that a cache of arms were recovered on Thursday from Liaquat Colony area of Lyari. He said the grenade attack perhaps was reaction to the police raid.
