KARACHI: A minor boy was gunned down near the Askari Park in a clash between the activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP), the PIB police said on Saturday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Naeem Sheikh said MQM and ANP activists were fighting over flag hoisting, and when they resorted to intense aerial firing, a passer-by, 12-year-old Zeeshan Akram, sustained injuries. However, the boy, a resident of Nishtar Colony, succumbed to his injuries on the way to the Civil Hospital Karachi, the SP added. The SP said the clash continued for hours and tension and panic spread through the entire locality where some unidentified miscreants also forced traders to close shops, paralysing all commercial activities.
Some enraged protesters took to the streets and set tyres and pushcarts ablaze, resulting in crippling traffic jams at Hassan Square and Jail Chowrangi, as well as in Old Sabzi Mandi and New Town where commuters were stranded for hours, the SP added.
He said a large number of law enforcement agencies’ personnel rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
The law enforcers deployed in the area were frisking people coming from and going to the vicinity, he added. ASWJ man: An Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) activist was murdered in Korangi ‘F’ area, the Awami Colony police said. Abu Tahir Bengali, 40, was on his way to the park in a rickshaw with his wife and three children when four men on two motorcycles opened fire on him in Korangi No 4, killing him on the spot. The victim’s body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and later handed over to the heirs. Station House Officer Zawwar Hussain said the victim had no affiliation with any political or religious party and personal enmity might be the motive behind the incident.
However, ASWJ spokesman said the victim was the Korangi Unit president and he had fell victim to an incident of target killing.
The spokesman condemned the murder and demanded the government to arrest the culprits responsible for the incident.
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