KARACHI, Nov 6: At least two people were shot dead and a few others were wounded in armed attacks apparently on sectarian grounds in different parts of the city on Wednesday, officials said.

An elderly person was shot dead in an attack apparently on sectarian grounds in the Khokhrapar area on Wednesday, police said.

They added that Ansar Zaidi, 60, was targeted near his residence in D-Area of Khokhrapar. He sustained a single bullet wound in the abdomen and was taken to a nearby hospital. He was later referred to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he died.

Landhi SP Faisal Noor said that no spent bullet casing was found at the crime scene and it appeared that the assailant(s) targeted him from some distance.

He said the incident could be related to the ongoing wave of sectarian killings in the city.

In an armed attack near Sohrab Goth, an activist of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) was shot dead while two others were wounded, police said.

The officials added that some ASWJ men were returning to a party office near Nagan Chowrangi from Regal Chowk after attending a rally when their vehicle came under attack near Sohrab Goth.

SSP-Central Amir Farooqi said that the three men sustained bullet wounds and were taken to a private hospital, where one of them, identified as Latif, died.

Later, the body was shifted to the JPMC for a post-mortem examination.

The SSP said that in another attack near Board Office, Nazimabad, two workers of the ASWJ riding a motorcycle were shot at and wounded by unidentified assailants.

Killing in Lyari

A man, said to be a relative of a key figure of the Lyari gang warfare, was shot dead in the Chakiwara area on Wednesday, police said.

They said that Gul Hasan, 28, was killed on main Tannery Road in Bihar Colony. He sustained six bullet wounds and was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi where doctors declared him dead.Later, the body was handed over to his brother, Mohammed Yusuf, who told the police that they would get an FIR lodged after burial.

The police said that the victim was said to be a relative of alleged gangster Noor Mohammad alias Baba Ladla.

‘TTP man’ shot dead in Pirabad

An elderly man, said to be a member of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, was shot dead in a Pirabad locality on Wednesday, police said.

They said that Hameedullah, 65, was gunned down in Islamia Colony-1. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Pirabad SHO Abdul Moid said that he was a member of the banned TTP and killed due to ongoing infighting in his group.

He said that two TTP militants — Saadullah and Faizullah — had killed him.

He said that the two suspects had also kidnapped the deceased’s daughter around one month ago and she was not recovered yet.

Four booked for killing brother-in-law

A young man was gunned down over some domestic issue in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, police said.

They said that Murad Mustafa, 34, was shot dead allegedly by his brothers-in-law near in Gulistan-i-Jauhar’s Block 7, as he allegedly subjected his wife to torture.

The police said the victim, a driver by profession, was a resident of Ghazi Goth.

A case was registered against four brothers — Qasim, Sikander, Nawab and Hussain Bux — under Section 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Gulistan-i-Jauhar police station.

However, all the nominated suspects are still at large.