At least 11 killed in Karachi shootout
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
9:51 AM
Labels: Karachi , MQM , Pakistan , Pakistan Peoples Party , Politics , Target Killing
Labels: Karachi , MQM , Pakistan , Pakistan Peoples Party , Politics , Target Killing
People transport an injured victim to a hospital in Karachi.—AFP /File photo
KARACHI: At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in a fresh incident of violence Tuesday in Karachi, police said.
Unidentified motorcycle riders sprayed people with bullets in Sher Shah market on Tuesday evening, police said.
“The attackers came on motorcycles and started indiscriminate firing, at least 11 people have been killed and several other injured,” Raja Riyasat, a police official told AFP.
The incident comes amid a wave of political violence surrounding a by-election in which around 50 people have now died.
Arif Razzaq, another police official said the death toll may rise as some of the injured were in critical condition.
Doctors in two different hospitals also confirmed the death toll.
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