Policing: 12 suspects caught in raids

KARACHI: Around 12 suspects were arrested during police raids in different parts of the city on Saturday.

The operations were conducted in Lyari, Usmanabad and Garden. An alleged attacker, Saqib Boxer, was also killed in an encounter with law enforcers in Lyari. The police officials said the raids and operations were conducted on Friday night to nab the culprits behind the random firing in parts of Old City areas, adding that during operation and raids, over a dozen suspects were caught in the possession of weapons.

The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for further questioning.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 30^th, 2013.