KARACHI: Two brothers were gunned down in a suspected targeted attack in Federal B Area within the remit of the Samanabad police station on Friday evening, police said.

Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi told Dawn that Jamal Deen and Hayatullah were killed by unknown assailants.

He said that the victims were Afghan nationals and lived in Sohrab Goth. They came to a car rental company in the nearby Federal B Area’s Block 20 and were inspecting a vehicle to be taken on rent for a wedding ceremony when two assailants riding on a motorbike emerged there.

The SSP said that the assailants shot them in the head, killing them on the spot.

He said that the bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

Ruling out the possibility of any robbery attempt, he said that it appeared that the killers were chasing the duo from Sohrab Goth.

Quoting the statements of eyewitnesses, he said that the killers also appeared to be Afghans.

He suspected some personal enmity as the likely motive for the double murder. However, investigations were underway, he added.

Meanwhile, the Saudabad police on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspected robber for his alleged involvement in two murders.

Korangi SSP Hassan Sardar Niazi said that with help of technology, the police arrested Bibar alias Dilbar.

“The held suspect is part of a three-member gang of robbers involved in murder, attempted murders and robberies,” he said.

During the initial probe, he revealed that he killed Nabeel over resistance in Saudabad on Feb 24. He was also involved in murder of a government employee, Mohammed Arif, in 2023.

Published in Dawn, March 9th, 2024