Target killing: Bohra community member shot dead

North Nazimabad division SP says deceased was travelling in his car when two armed men shot and killed him.


Our Correspondent October 21, 2012

KARACHI: A man belonging to the Bohra community was gunned down in Hyderi locality Saturday evening.  According to initial reports, the victim has been identified as Ali Asghar, 40, son of Murtaza Ali. He was killed on the spot, with a single bullet to the head.  His body was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy. North Nazimabad division SP Latif Siddiqui said that the deceased was travelling in his car when two armed men on a motorcycle shot and killed him near his home. Siddiqui said that the motive behind the incident is yet to be ascertained.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21st, 2012.

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