Four arrested in connection to Shershah shooting incident

The arrested suspects have alleged links to gangs in the Lyari neighbourhood of Karachi.


Express December 22, 2010

KARACHI: Police in Karachi arrested four men in connection with the massacre which took place at the spare parts market in Shershah, Karachi on October 19, 2010.

Eleven people had been killed on the spot when gunmen had opened indiscriminate fire on the public, while three wounded had later died in the hospital.

The arrested suspects have alleged links to gangs in the Lyari neighbourhood of city, while the main accused, Baba Ladla of the Lyari gang, for whom the government is offering Rs1 million, remains at large.

Earlier the police had arrested 10 suspects from Shershah’s Jahanabad area in the week following the shooting incident.

COMMENTS (1)

Tanzeel | 13 years ago | Reply It wasn't indiscriminate firing, it was very much targeted shooting that claimed 11 Urdu Speakings' lives.
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