8 killed, 12 injured as Karachi violence continues

At least eight people were killed while 12 others were injured in separate incidents during last 24 hours in the city, police said.
According to the details, some unidentified gunmen shot and killed Imran, a youth riding in a rickshaw in the Lyari area. The victim was resident of Turbat, Balochistan.
Unidentified gunmen riding on a motorbike opened fire on the vehicle of the contractor of the Benazir Shaheed Trauma Centre, Haji Ghafoor in the Garden area. As a result, the guard of Haji Ghafoor, Noveed was killed.
In another incident, a dead body was found near Dhobi Ghat in the Garden area.
A passerby woman was killed when two drug selling groups opened clashed in Saeedabad in the Balida Town area. In a police encounter, Surjan a passerby was killed due to the firing of the robbers in the Guilistan Johar area.
In another incident in Gulistan Iqbal, a man was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire while a tortured dead body was found in Surjani Town.
More than 12 people were injured in different firing incidents in Qasba Colony, Orangi Town, Liaqatabad, Sharafi Goth, Shorab Goth and Shachal. The injured were shifted to hospitals for medical assistance.
Police registered cases of the incidents and started investigation.