Four gunned down in Karachi

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One man was shot in Karachi’s Lyari area on Friday. Incidents of firing were reported in the vicinity of Lee market creating panic among the public. — Photo by Reuters

KARACHI: Four more people, including a woman, lost their lives in firing incidents in different parts of Karachi on Friday.   Police came under a hand grenade attack in Lyari.

In Korangi sector 21-C, Aqalmand Khan was killed and his companion was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on his car.

A woman was killed in Azizabad area. Also, in the city’s area of Baldia, Bashir, a principal of a school, was gunned down.

Police termed his murder as a result of personal enmity.

Meanwhile, panic spread in parts of Lee Market when armed men resorted to aerial firing.

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