Firing in shopping mall injures two

SSP denied the reports of a girl being kidnapped.

The armed men robbed a car and managed to escape from the site. PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI:
A woman and a guard were injured during a firing incident in a popular shopping mall in Karachi's Clifton area, Express News reported.

According to SSP Nasir Aftab, three men tried entering the shopping mall but when the guard did not let them enter, they opened fire, injuring a woman and the guard in the process.

The armed men robbed a car and managed to escape.


SSP denied the reports of a girl being kidnapped. However, a cell phone and a pistol were recovered from the men’s car.

Nine people were killed in Karachi in separate incidents on Saturday; however, police failed to arrest any criminal.

ASWJ’s unit president in Shah Faisal Colony Green Town, Mufti Nadeem Muavia, was shot dead by unknown miscreants and his body was shifted to the Jinnah hospital, ASWJ spokesperson Maulana Akbar Saeed said.

In Orangi town, two people were killed and three were injured by unidentified gunmen, while three others were killed in New Mianwali Colony. Five people, including women, were also injured.

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