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Summary At least eight persons were killed and nine others wounded in firing incidents in Karachi.
According to details, some unidentified persons opened fire and killed a police official, Nasir Niazi, in Usmanabad area of Garden. In a separate incident in the same locality, four people were wounded in an exchange of firing between two rival groups.Police have recovered a dead body of a woman from Baldia Sector 12. According to police torture signs were visible on the dead body.In Bilal Colony, an unidentified man was killed during clash between two rival groups while a man was injured in when a gas cylinder was exploded in Saeedabad.Some unidentified miscreants opened fire and killed a man named Banaras in Baldia area while gunmen shot dead a man in Lines Area. The deceased was identified as Feroze. Police have also found butured head of a person from Kaghzi Bazaar area while the remaining body was recovered from Docks area.Some unidentified gunmen opened fire at an electronics shop in Manshera Colony and shot dead a man named Karim.Meanwhile, an activist of a religious party, Salim Abbas Naqshbandi, succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital. Salim Abbas was wounded last week in firing incident in Korangi. At least three persons were wounded in two separate incidents on firing in Mawach Goth and Sher Shah area.
