KARACHI, June 17: A brick-maker was gunned down in New Karachi on Friday, police said.

They added two men riding a motorbike stopped outside the brick-making unit in Sector 2 and fired at 42-year-old Gul Aaman before fleeing.

The police said that the victim sustained four bullet wounds and died on the spot.

“He was running the unit for the last 13 years,” said SHO Khawaja Ajmair Nagri Sub-Inspector Haji Mehsood.

The victim hailing from Mohmand Agency was a resident of Bilal Colony.—Staff Reporter

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