KARACHI, Sept 3: Eight people, including a policeman, were gunned down in targeted attacks in the city on Tuesday, police said.

They said that Assistant Sub-Inspector Shamshad Malik, 37, was going somewhere on his motorcycle to collect ‘some information’ when armed riders targeted him in Orangi-5 near the National Bank of Pakistan. He sustained two bullet wounds in the head and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

He was posted at the Pakistan Bazaar police station in the intelligence wing. The victim, father of five, was living in the Pakistan Bazaar police quarters.

Orangi Town SHO Ghulam Nabi Afridi said that it appeared that it was part of ongoing targeted killings of policemen.

Two killed in ‘sectarian’ attacks

A young man was shot dead in the Gurumandir area on Tuesday evening in what police described as an attack possibly on sectarian grounds, police said.

They said that Qari Siraj Jamrud, 31, was going somewhere on a bicycle when two armed motorcyclists targeted him on Bahadur Yar Jang Road and fled.

He sustained three bullet wounds and died.

Soldier Bazaar SHO Raheem Shah said that the victim was a Moazzin in Mehtab Shah mosque.

He said that the victim might have been killed due to sectarian reasons. However, the police were investigating the case, he added.

Meanwhile, another man was gunned down near the Karachi central prison within the jurisdiction of the Jamshed Quarters police station on Tuesday evening.

They said that Rehan Yusuf, 40, was travelling in his car when gunmen riding a motorcycle attacked him in Usmania Colony.

He sustained multiple bullet wounds and died.

The victim, a resident of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Block-10, was a religious figure and his murder might be an outcome of sectarianism or some personal enmity, said Jamshed Quarters SHO Humayun Khan.

He said the assailants were chasing the victim.

Scrap dealer shot dead

A junk dealer was shot dead in a Gulshan-i-Iqbal locality within the jurisdiction of the Mobina Town police station on Tuesday.

Police said that Syed Ejaz Shah was sitting at his shop in New Dhoraji Colony when four men riding two motorcycles targeted him and rode away.

Nadra employee killed

A man was shot dead in the Sachal area. Police said that Zaheer Hussain, 45, was gunned down on University Road near Jauhar Complex.

The victim was a driver in the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra). The motive for the killing could not be ascertained immediately.

Killing in Pak Colony

A young man was shot dead in Pak Colony, police said on Tuesday.

They said gunmen entered a house in Sindhi Mohalla of Jehanabad and killed, Zahid Brohi, 25.

The victim was a donkey cart rider.

Pak Colony SHO Bilal Raza suspected some personal enmity behind the murder.

Septuagenarian shot dead in SITE

An elderly man was gunned down in SITE on Tuesday.

Police said that Mohammed Tahir, 72, was shot dead by three men riding a motorcycle near Zia Morr in SITE.

Area SHO Tufail Ahmed said that the victim’s son told the police that someone had invited him for a meeting.

He said personal enmity appeared the likely motive for the killing.

Man killed in Garden

A young man was killed in the Garden area.

Police said armed men brought the young man near Kashti Chowk and killed him there. His identity could not be ascertained immediately.

‘Militants’ killed in encounter

Two suspected militants were killed in a police encounter near Kunwari Colony on Tuesday.

Pirabad SHO Abdul Moid said two suspects, aged between 25 and 30, were killed in a gunfight between police and armed men in the area.

Their identity could not be ascertained till late in the night. The police claimed to have seized two TT pistols and as many hand grenades from them.

The area SHO believed that the militants were involved in the killing of Sub-Inspector Piyaro Khan, who was targeted near Banaras on Monday night.

Robbers kill man

Robbers shot dead a man and wounded another one upon resistance in an Orangi Town locality on Tuesday, according to the Pirabad police.

They said that four armed men intercepted a Shahzore truck near Metro Cinema and fired at driver Ayaz and Naeem when they offered resistance.

The police said wounded Ayaz drove the vehicle to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he died during treatment.

Driver killed while resisting robbery bid Armed robbers killed a young man in Clifton on Tuesday.

The Boat Basin police said that Abdul Hameed, 30, a driver by profession, was intercepted by the robbers near Dr Ziauddin Hospital and when he offered resistance they fired at him and fled.

The police said that the victim had gone there to pick up a son of his employer.ts from ‘a woman of an institution’. However, he did not name the woman or her organisation.