KARACHI, April 25: Five people, including two political activists, were killed in separate incidents in different parts of the city on Thursday, police said.

A man said to be associated with a political party was gunned down near Aysha Market in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, police said.

They added armed men riding a motorbike fired multiple shots at Arshad Malik, 40, a construction contractor by profession, and killed him on the spot before fleeing.

The police shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

The victim was an activist of a political party, according to the police. They said he lived in Block 6 of Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

Fear gripped the locality after the shooting that led to abrupt closure of shops and markets.

PML-N worker shot dead

A man said to be a worker of PML-N was gunned down in Model Colony, police said.

They added that Raja Anees, 40, was sitting outside his house near bus stop of 9-C route when he was targeted. The attackers fled following the killing, the police said.

The police shifted the body to the JPMC for medico-legal formalities. Markets in the area were closed immediately after the incident.

Man found shot dead

A man was found shot dead near a water hydrant in the Korangi 100 Quarters area on Thursday, the area police said.

The body bore torture marks and gunshot wounds. The victim, later identified as Rafique Bengali, 40, had recently shifted to Orangi Town and had come to visit his in-laws in Korangi, the police said.

The police later shifted the body to the JPMC.

Man’s body found

Another man was found shot dead on a garbage dump near People’s Chowrangi in North Nazimabad on Thursday, police said.

The police shifted the body bearing multiple gunshot wounds to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Later, it was brought to the Edhi morgue for want of identification.

Young man gunned down

A young man was gunned down in Orangi Town on Thursday, police said.

They added that Yousaf Karim, 35, was shot dead near Pathan Colony. The police shifted his body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

The police investigators suspected personal enmity as a possible motive for the killing.