Target killing: Two Ahmadis shot dead in same locality

Two members of Ahmadi community, homeopath doctor and general store owner were gunned down in two separate incidents.

KARACHI:
Two members of the Ahmadi community, a homeopath doctor and a general store owner were gunned down in two separate incidents of target killing in Baldia Town late on Tuesday night.

The first incident took place when at least two armed men riding a motorcycle entered the homeopathic clinic of Abdul Hamid, 44, and opened fire on him killing him instantly, SHO Gulshan Junejo said.


A little after this, another man belonging to the Ahmadi community, Basheer Ahmad, 72, was gunned down when two armed riders opened indiscriminate fire inside his general store. SHO Junejo said that apparently, the same culprits were behind both incidents.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2012.
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