KARACHI, April 28: The death toll in gunbattles between police and gangsters in Lyari rose to nine late on Saturday night when two people lost their lives.

Police said that a government school teacher was wounded near Gabol Park when she was hit by a stray bullet in the head. She was admitted in a serious condition to the Civil Hospital, but died during treatment around Saturday midnight.

In another incident, a young man, identified as Muhammad Akhtar, was killed in Meranaka, near Shershah Bridge, when unknown persons shot at him.

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