KARACHI, Nov 15: Unidentified assailants shot a general manager of a factory to death and wounded his colleague in Baloch Colony on Thursday morning.

The police said that Syed Hasan Abidi, aged 55, general manager finance, and Amir Abbas, aged 27, assistant manager, at Abbas Dyeing Mill, were on their way in a car (ADJ-112) to the factory from their Gulshan-i-Iqbal residence. They were intercepted by two unidentified men, riding on a motorcycle, near the City School PAF Chapter in Baloch Colony close to the traffic signal.

The unidentified assailants opened fire on the occupants of the car seriously wounding both of them. The wounded men were rushed to JPMC where doctors pronounced Syed Hasan Abidi dead on arrival.

Amir Abbas, who was seriously injured in the attack, was later shifted to a private hospital.

According to witnesses, the injured men were shifted to the JPMC before the police arrived at the place of incident. The incident occurred in Baloch Colony area, but the exact spot where the incident took place falls in the limits of Korangi Industrial Area police, sources said.

The funeral prayer of the dead man was held at Imambargah Khair-ul-Amal in Ancholi Society in the evening.