Ex-MPA among four killed in Karachi

Sunday, September 23, 2012 - Karachi—At least four persons including Ex-MPA were killed and several others injured in fresh spate of target killing in different areas of the city here on Saturday. According to police, unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at former MPA Sindh Assembly Malik Atta in Mehmoodabad Gate area injuring him critically and fled the scene.

The injured was rushed to Jinnah Hospital for treatment where Dr Seemi Jamali confirmed his death. Violence erupted in Mehmoodabad after death of the Malik Atta.

In Orangi area unknown armed men gunned down one person and fled the scene. The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem where identity of the deceased was yet to be confirmed. The police recovered bullet riddled and tortured dead bodies of two unidentified youths from Garden area.—INP