KARACHI: Eight people, including three seminary students, a doctor and a policeman, were killed in different incidents on Wednesday, police said.

Gunmen attacked a restaurant in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Block-15, injuring six students of a madressah. Two of them, Hayatullah and Ali Ahmed, died. The injured were taken to hospital where another, identified as Riaz Jabbar, died.

They were students of Jamia Dar-ul-Khair.

Earlier, a doctor, Syed Haider Raza, was shot dead in the same area in an attack on his car. He worked at the Darul Sehat Hospital.

An activist of the Awami National Party, Pervez Bangash, was killed in Natha Khan Goth area by attackers on a bike, according to Shah Faisal SP Syed Ali Asif. He said Bangash had recently been released from a prison.

A cable operator, Ali Bihar, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at his shop in Khada Market of Lyari area.

A passerby, Amjad Mian, lost his life and another man, Shah Rukh, received bullet injuries when guests at a marriage ceremony resorted to heavy firing in Lines Area, Brigade SHO Ghulam Nabi Afridi said.

In yet another incident, police constable Sadiq Khan was gunned down in Ettehad Town.