KARACHI, April 15: At least five people, including two activists of the Sunni Tehrik, were killed in different parts of the city on Sunday, said police and party sources.

In Lines Area, officials said, two ST activists were shot dead in an act of targeted killing in the early hours of Sunday.

Mohammad Yaha, 35, was sitting with Rashid Rasheed, 30, near the latter’s home in Gulshan-i-Zahoor, where gunmen riding a motorcycle pulled up and spayed them with bullets before fleeing, the police said.

They added that both victims sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival.

Following the medico-legal formalities, the police handed over the bodies to the families.

Police investigators said 16 spent bullet casings of 9mm and TT pistols were found at the crime-scene. They said that Rashid was an air conditioner technician.

An ST spokesman said both victims were associated with the Lines Area sector of the party.

Their funeral prayers were offered after Asr near their homes. They were buried in a local graveyard. ST leadership and a large number of party workers attended the burial. Heavy contingents of police and Rangers were deployed in the locality to avert any untoward incident.

Man killed in Clifton In an early morning gun attack, a young man was killed near the KPT underpass in Clifton, police said.

They added Mohammad Omar, 26, was going on his motorbike when he was targeted from a moving car. The victim was rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police suspected personal enmity as the motive for the killing.

The victim was a resident of Soldier Bazaar and had a welding shop in the area, the police added.

Septuagenarian gunned down In a New Karachi locality, an elderly man was targeted at his shop early Sunday morning.

Haji Aastan Khan, 75, was at his shop of concrete blocks situated in Sector 11-G of New Karachi, where gunmen riding a motorbike fired multiple shots at him and sped away.

The victim died before he could be taken to hospital, the police said.

Mr Khan was an area resident, police said, and suspected personal enmity as a likely motive for the killing.

Man killed in Urdu Bazaar An unidentified man was shot dead in the Urdu Bazaar area.

The victim sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, said a duty officer at the Arambagh police station. He added that the victim died during treatment.

His body was later shifted to the Edhi morgue for want of identification.