At least two people were killed and three others injured after a group of gunmen opened fire in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi, Pakistan, local police confirmed on Tuesday.
According to reports from Dawn newspaper, the attackers were riding motorcycles when they launched the assault outside a shop in the Pehlwan Goth neighborhood.
Multiple weapons were reportedly used in the ambush.
Authorities said they recovered spent bullet casings and a discarded rifle magazine at the crime scene. An investigation is now underway to determine the motive and identify the assailants.
The incident took place late Monday evening and has sparked renewed concerns about street violence in the southern port city.
This shooting follows a separate attack just days earlier in Karachi’s Defence area, where a prominent lawyer was shot dead and his son seriously wounded in a targeted assault.
Police have yet to confirm whether the two incidents are linked. Security has since been tightened in several districts of the city.
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