At least five persons, including a woman, were killed and several others injured in fresh spate of target killing in different areas of the city on Monday.
According to details, a man was gunned down and another injured when unknown armed men opened fire at G-3 bus stop in Baldia Town area.
Armed assassins shot dead a man identified as Sabir, 50, in Liaqatabad area.
Unknown armed men gunned down one person in Ghas Mandi locality and fled the scene. The body was shifted to hospital where identity of the deceased was confirmed as Malik Imran.
The police recovered a mutilated body of a woman from Sherpao Colony of Landhi. The body was shifted to hospital.
A pedestrian identified as Shah Faisal, who was injured during police encounter a couple of days earlier, succumbed to his wounds in hospital on early Monday.
Meanwhile, firing incidents continued in different areas of Karachi during which six persons were reported injured. The injured were rushed to various hospitals of concerned areas.
