KARACHI: At least five persons were killed and six others injured in incidents of firing here in Gulistan-e-Johar locality while furious people set ablaze many buses and shops, Geo News reported Friday.According to sources, the incidents of violence across Karachi came in action when unknown armed men opened fire on an office of a political party in Gulistan-e-Johar Block 17, leaving several persons injured, some of them seriously.
Three among the injured persons succumbed to their injuries while another two lost their lives at a local hospital while six were confirmed injured in the incidents, sources said.
According to Muttahida Qaumi Movement, its unit office in Gulistan-e-Johar came under fire attack by armed men.
The activists of a political party set three busses, garments shops, timber markets and three police mobile vans on fire at various places as violence erupted after the firing incident, witnesses said.
Heavy contingents of police and rangers have started patrolling in affected areas including Abul Hassan Isphani Road, Gulistan-e-Johar, Ghareebabad, Rashid Minhas Road, Shah Faisal Colony and others but incessant firing is still underway in some areas, sources told media.
Among many incidents of violence, another four persons were killed in separate parts of metropolis, which police linked to the reaction of firing on MQM office.
In his statement from London, condemning the firing incidents at MQM’s Unit Office, and mourning the deaths of party activists, party chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to activists to remain peaceful.
“The government should take strict notice of killing of MQM’s activists”, he urged.
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