Eight including ASI gunned down in Karachi

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Karachi once again witnessed deteriorating law and order situation as targeted killings continued in which eight people lost their lives on Wednesday. As a result of firing, two policemen including an Assistant Sub Inspector Ghafoor Abbasi were killed in the city’s Ajmer Nagri area. After the attack, the assailants fled from the scene while police seized their motorcycle and pistol. ASI Ghafoor Abbasi was posted in Manghopir police station. The bodies were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. In another incident, a man and his son were gunned down over a matrimonial issue in Baldia Town. Another man who got injured in firing in Nazimabad succumbed to his injuries today. Also, two tortured bodies were found from Qayyumabad and Ittehad Town while two persons were injured in firing in New Karachi and Lyari. An unknown person opened fire in the city’s Napier area, killing one person. One person was also killed in the city’s New Karachi area due to firing. At least three people were injured in the areas of Landhi, Moach Goth, and Jahangir Road respectively in firing by unknown miscreants. Two persons were also injured in an explosion in Manghopir.