Afghan national shot dead

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Karachi: A 65-year-old man was shot dead in Baldia-8 on Wednesday evening, police said.

Saeedabad SHO Idris Bangash said that Allauddin was reciting the Holy Quran after offering prayer inside a mosque in the area when someone phoned him. As he came out of the mosque to answer the phone, two suspects riding a motorcycle shot him and fled.

He suffered critical injuries and was shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi where doctors pronounced him dead.

The officer suspected some personal enmity behind the incident.

The victim was an Afghan national who had a business of selling valuables on instalments at Mauripur Road.

Published in Dawn, February 13th, 2025

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