Karachi violence: Police arrest 10 suspects during raids

Suspects involved in various crimes including target killings, murders and extortion.

KARACHI: The Mauripur Police arrested 10 suspects from different areas of Karachi during separate raids on Sunday, reported Express News.

DIG West Javed Odho informed the media that five of the suspects were taken into custody from the Raees Goth area and five from Hub River Road. All suspects were involved in various crimes including target killings, murders, dacoities and extortion, the police said.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from them.

Karachi has experienced unabated violence in the past few weeks, including targeted killings of religious and political leaders. The police claimed to have arrested several suspects after raids began to curb the rising violence.

Ethnic, sectarian and politically-linked violence in Karachi killed at least 2,284 people in 2012 in the deadliest such violence for two decades, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, said a report by AFP.