Eight killed in Karachi violence

[FarCenter]

By Tahir Siddiqui

KARACHI, Nov 29: Eight people were killed and around 100 others injured as ethnic tensions took a violent turn in several parts of Karachi on Saturday. About 18 vehicles were set on fire, sources said.

The most troubled area was a road between Banaras Chowk and Orangi Town where at least three people were shot dead and scores of others injured. An official of the Qatar Hospital in Orangi said that about 92 injured people and three bodies had been brought to the hospital.

City police chief Waseem Ahmed told Dawn that eight people were killed in the daylong violence. “Now the situation has improved as we have deployed additional personnel across the city to avoid any further violence,” he said.

Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza told a press conference that shoot-on-sight orders had been given to police and other law-enforcement agencies against miscreants involved in wrecking the peace of the city.

All major commercial and shopping centers were closed and vehicular traffic grew thin across the city as fear and apprehension deepened.

<snip>

http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/30/top5.htm