KARACHI, Feb 20: The burnt and bullet-riddled body of a youth was found in a school in Orangi here on Monday. The body was first noticed by the guard of the private school in Gulshan-i-Bihar, Sector 16 in Orangi.

The Pakistan Bazaar police shifted the body to Abbasi Shaheed hospital where it remained unidentified. The youth, in his mid 20s, received eight bullets. He was set on fire after being killed by unidentified people.

Police believed that unidentified killers had kidnapped the youth and committed the crime. Following autopsy, the body was kept in the Edhi morgue for identification.

ACCIDENT: An unidentified man died after a recklessly driven vehicle knocked him down in Zaman Town on Monday.

Police believed the man, in his early forties, was hit while crossing the road. The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for autopsy.

DROWNS: The body of an unidentified man was found floating in sea near Native Jetty Bridge on Monday. People spotted the body, and informed the police who retrieved the body, and shifted it to the Civil Hospital for autopsy.

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