A six-year-old boy was killed and two others, including another six-year-old, were injured in an incident of aerial firing during a wedding ceremony in Surjani Town on Friday, police said.

Karachi District West Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tariq Illahi Mastoi said that “some person(s) resorted to firing during the wedding ceremony in Taiser Town, Sector-35-C, resulting in the killing of one child and injuries to another child and a man.”

The deceased was identified as Banjo, 6, injured as Allan Shahzad, 6, and Robin Baber, 30. The dead and injured were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

The police rushed to the spot after receiving information and recovered a 9mm pistol used in the firing, said the SSP, adding that action is being taken for the arrest of the suspects.

Surjani Town Police Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Husain Pirzada told Dawn.com that the marriage ceremony took place in Christian Mohalla. He said the suspect, who managed to escape but left his behind his pistol, was a relative of the victims. He said the condition of the injured child was serious.

Woman and man shot dead over ‘honour’

In a separate incident, a man and woman were shot dead in Manghopir in an apparent ‘honour’ killing incident on Friday, according to police.

The police added that Muhammad Akhtar, 29, and Gulsana Hussain, 45, were shot and killed near Wangi Goth.

SSP Mastoi said that “during the initial probe, it transpired that they were killed by unknown suspects over unknown personal enmity.”

Manghopir SHO Imran Ahmed Khan told Dawn.com that the man belonged to Sargodha while the woman originally hailed from Naushehroferoz.

He said they were on their way somewhere by foot when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on them. He said ostensibly, the double murder appeared to be an outcome of ‘honour’ killing.

Investigators have collected around 15 spent bullet casings from the crime scene, he said.

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