KARACHI: A physically disabled man was gunned down in what appeared to be an attack on sectarian grounds in a Landhi locality on Thursday evening, police said.

They said that assailants riding a motorcycle fired at Arshad Ali, 35, who was sitting near a cellular phone franchise shop on his wheelchair in Landhi No 3.

The victim was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he was pronounced dead.

A spokesman for the Majlis Wehdat-i-Muslimeen said that the victim was a member of the Shia community and was targeted for sectarian reasons. He said that the victim was not associated with any political party.

However, police quoting some area people said that the victim was associated with the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, better known as MQM-Haqiqi.

Two young brothers found shot dead Trussed-up bodies of two young brothers were found near the Malir river bed on Thursday, police said.

Both victims had been shot in the head, the police said.

The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where the victims were identified as Abdullah Baloch and Naeem Baloch.

They were brothers and in their mid and late twenties.

The police said that the victims had been kidnapped late on Wednesday night near the P-1 route bus terminal in Khokhrapar.

They were labourers by profession and were not associated with any political party, the police added.

Meanwhile, the body of another young man was found in the Model Colony area on Thursday morning.

Police said that the body was found near the telephone exchange in Model Colony. The victim had been shot in the head.

The body was shifted to the JPMC for medico-legal formalities, where he was identified as Mohammad Nazeer, 25, a resident of Taiser Town.

The victim’s brother Mohammad Qureshi told the police that Nazeer had some friends in Khokhrapar and he frequently visited them. On Wednesday night, he had also gone to see his friends, but did not return, he told the police.