KARACHI: Six cars, 11 bikes hijacked

Published November 2, 2002

KARACHI, Nov 1: Seventeen vehicles — six cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, police said.

Five cars were hijacked. One was stolen.

Five motorcycles were hijacked. Six others were stolen.

Police also claimed on Friday to have recovered one car and six motorcycles.

SHOT DEAD: A young man was shot dead in Orangi Town on Friday.

Police said that an unidentified young man, wearing trousers and shirt, was found murdered at a desolate place in Data Nagar, Orangi Town. Two bullets had been pumped into his body. Probably, the man was killed somewhere else and his body was dumped in Data Nagar.

DROWNED: A two-year-old girl died when she fell into the Lyari river in PIB Colony on Friday evening.

Police said that Komal, daughter of Kamran, drowned in the Lyari river at Ghorabad, near Hashmi Masjid in PIB Colony.

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