KARACHI, Nov 27: A young worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was gunned down and a friend of his was wounded in an attack in Lyari in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

They said the victim, identified as Ghulam Fareed, was targeted by the gunmen on a motorbike when he was sitting with his friend outside a roadside tea stall on Tannery Road.

“One of the assailants got off the two-wheeler and fired multiple shots at Ghulam Fareed,” said an official at the Chakiwara police station. “He was hit by one bullet each in the chest and the abdomen while his friend, Iqbal, sustained a single bullet wound in the shoulder.”

The two wounded men were rushed to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where Ghulam Fareed died during treatment. Iqbal was stated to be in a stable condition, said the official, adding that the victim was a transporter, resident of Gulistan Colony.

“He hailed from Mianwali and was associated with the MQM. It seems the killing was the result of political rivalry,” said the police official.

Security guard dies A private security guard died from a bullet wound near Dalmia in the early hours of Saturday, when the gun of his colleague went off accidentally, police said.

They said 25-year-old Muneer was posted at the shopping mall near Dalmia with his two colleagues. A couple of hours before sunrise, the gun of another security guard, Nawaz, went off accidentally that hit Muneer in the chest.

“He was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he died during treatment,” said an official at the Sharea Faisal police station. “The police have detained Nawaz with another guard, Khadim Hussain, who was witness to the incident.”