KARACHI: Two policemen were gunned down on Friday night in a targeted attack on their car in a locality, off Manghopir Road, where some men said to be associated with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had been arrested a few months ago on a lead given by one of the policemen, officials said.
Head Constable Nadeem Abbasi and Constable Mohammad Sajid were in a private car when they were targeted in Sultanabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station, said SSP (west) Asif Aijaz.He added that the head constable, who resided in the same area, was posted at the Manghopir police station and the constable was posted at the Shershah police station.
Police investigators said four to five shots were fired at each of the two policemen. One of them died on the spot, while the other died at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, the investigators added.
Both the policemen were in civil dress and were travelling in a private car, said officials.
The investigators said 9mm pistols were used in the attack though the number and identity of the attackers were not clear yet.
SSP (west) Asif Aijaz confirmed to Dawn that police acting on the information provided by the slain head constable had arrested some suspects belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban in Sultanabad a few months back.
Teenager shot dead
A teenager was gunned down in a Gulshan-i-Iqbal locality near Samama Shopping Centre on Friday, police said.
They said that Mohammad Irfan, 16, was standing near Samama Shopping Centre on main University Road when armed men riding a motorcycle fired at him. The victim sustained three bullet wounds and died before he could be moved to a hospital.
The body was later shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.
The police said that the victim, a resident of Godhra Camp in New Karachi, was a Class X student and was going to meet his friend in a nearby locality. He originally hailed from Larkana.
Till late in the night, no FIR regarding the murder was lodged with the Mobina Town police station.
Fishery worker killed
A young fishery worker was shot dead in the Shershah area, police said.
They added that Fareed Khan, 35, along with his cousin, Mohammad Saleem, was going home in Shershah in a taxi when the former was targeted on Pritum Das Road near Lyari Expressway.
Two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the taxi, leaving Fareed dead, they added.
The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities. The victim had sustained four bullet wounds.
Resident of Shershah, Urdu Bazaar, the victim originally hailed from the tribal areas, the police said, adding that a personal enmity might be a probable motive behind the incident.
A case (FIR 19/2012) was registered under Section 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code against unidentified men on a complaint of Saleem at the Shershah police station.
In a similar incident, a worker at the fisheries was targeted on Mauripur Road a few days back. The victim hailed from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Young man gunned down
A young man was shot dead in front of his house within the remit of the Sohrab Goth police station on Friday, police said.
The officials added that some armed men knocked at the door of 30-year-old Ghulam Sakhi's house and asked for him. As soon as he stepped out, they fired at him and fled.
However, police also quoted some eyewitnesses as saying that the armed men opened fire on the victim after having an altercation with him.
The victim was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The police said that the victim ran a department store in the area and he also had very close links with some police officers.
The motive behind the murder could not be ascertained, the officials said.
An FIR was yet to be lodged at the Sohrab Goth police station.
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