MIRPURKHAS / KARACHI: Mob attacks on outlets of a global fast-food chain continued in different parts of Sindh as miscreants attacked a restaurant in Mirpurkhas and set it on fire late on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday.

In Karachi, the Gadap City police said that over a 100 activists of a religious party attempted to ransack another outlet of the fast-food chain on M-9 motorway on Wednesday evening, but the police thwarted their plan.

The officials said that 20 suspects were arrested in Mirpurkhas while nine apprehended by police in the metropolis and separate FIRs had been lodged against miscreants.

They said that hundreds of people gathered in front of the fast-food outlet on Hyderabad Road in Mirpurkhas and held a demonstration against Israeli aggression in Gaza.

Some of the protesters entered the outlet, ransacked the furniture and set it on fire. A heavy contingent of police arrived at the scene, but the protesters started pelting stones, causing injuries to some policemen.

Later, a case was registered with the Town police station on behalf of state.

Sindh police authorities claimed that they had intensified security around all outlets of the fast-food chain across the province.

The fresh incidents came after mob attacks on two outlets in Muhammad Ali Society and Defence Housing Authority on Tuesday. The police said that they had booked and arrested around a dozen activists of the Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) for the two attacks.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2025