Two shot dead as violence grips Karachi after deadly attack

Gunmen, riding on motorcycles, opened fire on the people in Karachi Monday evening, killing two persons and injuring over 22 others, doctors and police said.

The miscreants also burnt an ambulance and damaged two others when they arrived to shift the injured at Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, police and residents said. Several buses were also torched.

Police said that five paramilitary soldiers were also injured. A police officer said that the miscreants also tried to kidnap four policemen but their attempt was foiled.

Dr Muhammad Salik at the city’s Abbasi Shaheed hospital confirmed that two bodies and 22 injured were brought to the hospital.

Firing was reported at Al-Asif Square, Sohrab Goth and Abbas Town, where the deadly bomb attacked Sunday killed over 40 people and injured nearly 150 more.

The paramilitary soldiers and police arrived at the scene and controlled the situation. The police also detained several miscreants. Six hotels were also burnt, residents said.

The authorities banned pillion riding in Karachi to check any terrorist attack in view of the tense situation in Karachi.

Witnesses said that firing was also reported when participants of the Abbas Town funeral procession came under heavy fire at Al-Asif Square near Sohrab Goth.

Members of the procession also came under fire at Ancholi where more people were injured.

While police and Rangers were not deployed when the firing started, they had been deployed after the participants of the funeral procession had passed through Sohrab Goth.

The police plan a crackdown against banned organizations, sources said.

Funeral prayers for the people who were killed in Sunday’s twin blasts in Abbas Town were held earlier today. The funeral prayers were led by Maulana Shaikh Salahuddin. A large crowd turned out for the funeral prayers.

The dead were buried at the Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi.

Earlier, funeral prayers of six of the dead were offered at Shuhada Karbala Imambargah in Ancholi.

On the request of Karachi Traders Association, the Shia Ulema Council called off the strike, while Karachi Transport Ittehad also decided to end transport strike.

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