Summary At least ten people were killed in different firing incidents in Karachi.
According to initial reports, some unidentified attackers, riding on motorbikes, hurled hand grenades at police picket in Sohrab Goth and fled away. Two policemen sustained injuries in hand grenade attack on a police picket
Two persons were killed and one was injured during exchange of firing between rival groups in Memon Goth area of Malir. Police termed the incident as case of an old enmity.
A doctor of Lyari General Hospital was shot dead in Lee Market who was identified as Asad. A man was killed and a woman was injured in firing by some unknown people in Yusuf Goth area of Baldia. Police also termed this incident as a case of an old enmity.
Meanwhile, a dead body of a man was found from Iqbal Market in Shahbaz Nagar area of Orangi Town. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. A man was gunned down in Manghopir area while the man could not be identified.
Shahrah-e- Pakistan Boulevard once again turned into war zone. Angry people torched two buses. The boulevard turned into a battle ground when the funeral procession of a person killed yesterday in target killing was passing through Ancholi while at the same time the participants of a rally of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat appeared there from Sohrab Goth.
At this point in time unknown persons started firing which made the people flee for cover. Two persons were injured from the firing while the miscreants also set two buses on fire.
Police and Rangers conducted operation in different areas of the city and held at least ten suspected target killers.
