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The relatives of a victim of a target killing comfort each other while grieving near his body at a morgue in Karachis Jinnah hospital.—Photo by Reuters

KARACHI: Incidents of target killings continued as seven people lost their lives in different areas of Karachi, DawnNews reported on Thursday.

A man was killed in the Sherpao Colony area of Lyari while another was shot dead in Saeed Manzil, after unidentified men opened fire.

In another incident of violence, a man lost his life when a heavy object fell on his head.

Meanwhile, tortured bodies of three men were found from Ghani Chowrangi, Ramswami and Radio Pakistan area.

Moreover, a policeman, who got critically injured on Oct 25, also died in hospital during treatment.

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