KARACHI, Feb 14: Two teenage boys were gunned down by an uncle of one of the victims near the Kamran traffic intersection in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Thursday, the police said.

They said that Umair Sultan allegedly shot dead his 17-year-old nephew Shahrukh Nazir and his 19-year-old friend Mohammed Rehan over a financial dispute.

The victims were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where they died during treatment, the police added.

Youth found dead in Lyari A young man was found shot dead on Ghausia Road within the remit of the Kalri police station in Lyari on Thursday, the police said.

The police shifted the body to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities. The victim had been shot in the head.

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