KARACHI: A suspected gangster was killed and three others were wounded in an armed clash between rival gangs in Lyari on Friday evening, police said.

They said that both sides traded heavy gunfire in the Singu Lane area for half an hour.

The dead and wounded were gangsters, claimed Kalakot SHO Safdar Mashwani.

He identified the deceased as Mohammed Hanif, an alleged member of the Uzair Baloch gang.

The condition of one of the three wounded was stated to be critical.

“The fighting erupted again after a lull because of the withdrawal of police from Lyari areas for security of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi congregations in Mithadar and Kharadar,” said City SP Aftab Nizamani.

He added that contingents of policemen had been redeployed in the trouble-hit areas.

Published in Dawn, January 3rd, 2015

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