At least four persons including an activist of a political party were killed and several others wounded in fresh spate of target killing in different localities of the city here on Friday.
According to police, unknown gunmen shot a taxi driver dead identified as Muhammad Nisar while he offered resistance in an incident of vehicle snatching in Malir city area.
The police recovered dead body of an unidentified person from Korangi 51-C area. Hands and limbs of the deceased were tied with ropes and he was tortured to death after kidnapping, police said.
In Saeedabad area, unknown armed men opened fire at a motorcycle carrying two persons killing them on the spot. The deceased were later identified as Abdullah Salman and Fazal ur Rehman.
Earlier on late Thursday night, unidentified miscreants shot dead the unit in-charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) identified as Fazal Patni, 40, in Chandni Chowk area. Tension gripped the whole area after the incident.
Responding to the firing incident, MQM leaders Raza Haroon and Khalid Omar said terrorists were trying to destroy Karachi’s peace according to a well thought out plan. They said MQM workers were being targeted systematically.
Later, police and Rangers conducted a targeted search operation in Baldia, and arrested eight suspects.
Three persons were injured in separate firing incidents in different localities. The body and the injured were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Two persons identified as 30-year-old Naeed and Asad were injured in separate firing incidents.
