Policeman among 11 killed in Karachi violence

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KARACHI: At least 11 persons, including a policeman, were killed in different incidents of violence in Karachi during the past 24 hours, DawnNews reported.

One person was shot dead in Chakiwara area of Karachi's Lyari town.

Bodies of four kidnapped persons were discovered in Lyari's Adam Khan road and Bahar colony areas.

A police officer was killed in Orangi town area of Karachi. The Sub-Inspector was targeted by motorcycle-riding assailants who opened fire at a road-side soup stall in Faqeer colony area of Orangi.

Similarly a shopkeeper was gunned down in MPR colony area of Karachi's Orangi town.

Bodies of two persons, bearing marks of torture, were recovered in Manghopir and Surjani town area of the city.

In another incident, two suspected dacoits were killed in an encounter with policemen near Korangi Creek in the city's Korangi Industrial area.

Accomplices of the suspects killed managed to escape during the exchange of gunfire.

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