Deadly shooting in Karachi’s Pehlwan Goth claims two lives

Gunmen opened fire in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar late Monday night, killing at least two people and injuring three others in a targeted assault.

According to police, quoting eyewitnesses, the assailants came on a motorbike and in a car, and shot the victims outside a shop in Pehlwan Goth late at night.

Initial findings suggest that multiple weapons were used, as spent bullet casings and a magazine were found at the scene.

The motive is still unknown, and police have launched an investigation.

Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) leader Allama Sadiq Jafri condemned the attack and called for the immediate arrest of those responsible.