KARACHI: A police officer and a passer-by were shot dead in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Monday night, police said.

They added that Assistant Sub-Inspector Ali Nawaz riding a motorbike was attacked by assailants on another motorbike near Moti Mahal. The ASI and a civilian passer-by, Waseem Ahmed Shaikh, also riding a motorcycle, were wounded in the attack, said Gulshan-i-Iqbal SHO Aurangzeb Khattak. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH), where doctors declared both of them dead.

“It was an act of targeted killing of the police officer,” said the officer. He added that the victim was returning home after work in F.B Area. He was in police uniform when attacked.

Man shot dead in van

A 35-year-old man was shot dead in a moving van in the Korangi Industrial Area on Monday.

Police said two suspects riding a motorcycle intercepted the van near Chamra Chowrangi and opened fire on Tajuddin after identifying him. He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Labourer killed

A labourer was shot dead while another was wounded in Shah Latif Town in the early hours of Monday, police said.

They added that Abdul Hakeem, 35, and Asghar Ali were sitting outside their home in Mari Goth when suspects opened fire on them and fled. The wounded were taken to the JPMC where Hakeem was declared dead.

Two women murdered

A 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the Bin Qasim area.

Police said Saima was killed inside her home in Railway Colony allegedly by her brother-in-law, Amanullah. The suspect fled after the incident. The victim’s husband works in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old woman was found murdered in F.B Area, Block-14. The police said she was hit in the head and face with a hard and blunt weapon. The body was taken to the ASH, where her identity could not be ascertained immediately.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2014