KARACHI: Three people, including two policemen, were killed in separate incidents of firing in Karachi in the early hours of Thursday, DawnNews reported.

In Karachi’s Shafiq Mor area, unknown armed men opened fire on a police mobile patrolling near the Taimuria police station.

As a result, two policemen — Javed and Asif — lost their lives and two others were injured.

According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP-Central) Amir Farooqi, banned organisations were involved in the attacks targeting the police.

The bodies of the deceased policemen were shifted to the city’s Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

In another incident in Karsaz, a man was killed when an unknown gunman riding a motorbike opened fired on a car.

Karachi, the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, is riddled with targeted killings, gang wars, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism.