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Updated 16 Sep, 2014 05:38pm

Five killed in Karachi violence

KARACHI: Five people, including a woman, were killed in different incidents of violence in Karachi on Tuesday whereas six alleged terrorists were arrested during an operation in the SITE area of the metropolis.

A former counselor and his son were shot dead near a hotel in Orangi Town’s Sabri Chowk. The victims were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Following the incident, panic spread in the area.

Meanwhile, three bodies, including one belonging to a woman, were recovered from the areas of Gulbahar, Memon Goth and Korangi Zaman Town.

Separately, Crime Investigation Department (CID) personnel carried out raids in the SITE area of the city and arrested five suspected terrorists belonging to the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

Moreover, weapons were also recovered from the alleged terrorists’ possession.

Karachi, the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, is riddled with targeted killings, gang wars, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism.

Targeted operations led by Rangers’ forces with the support of police are ongoing in the city under a directive issued by the federal government against criminals already identified by federal, military and civilian agencies.

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