KARACHI (HRNW) A trader was shot dead in a suspected targeted in Old City Area’s Timber Market, Karachi on Wednesday, media reported, quoting the police.
In a statement, the police said that unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate fire on Shehzad Jafarani, a resident of Bahadurabad, killing him on the spot.
“The unidentified assailants parked their motorcycle outside trader’s shop in Timber Market [within the limits of Napier Police Station] and fire shots from a pistol,” the police said, suggesting it a ‘targeted attack’.
The police said they had obtained information from the Timber Market president and other shopkeepers and launched a probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, the police they hadn’t received any complaint regarding extortion, adding that the trader wasn’t associated with any political party.
The police have shifted the body to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical College (JMPC) for medico-legal formalities.