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Summary Five people including PPP Lyari Vice President Hasan Somro were shot dead in Karachi.
According to sources, the PPP leader was killed in an exchange of fire between rival groups.The PPP has not verified the killing of its party leader. Sources however confirm that he has been killed. The toll of killings in firing incidents has reached three in Lyari alone.In a second incident, a woman was shot dead on Jinnah Road. However, Akhtar Gorchani, a police officer, said that the lady was shot dead on Jinnah Road due to personal enmity.Another person committed suicide by shooting himself dead in Bin Qasim Town, claimed police.In Suhrab Goth, a man was killed and another injured in a firing exchange between two groups.A traffic accident in Nazimabad near Board Office resulted in the death of a person.Police said that some unidentified gunmen injured a worker of Pakistan Peoples Party firing on him in Aziz Bhatti Police Station area. He was later shifted to a private hospital.Faisal Raza Abidi, president PPP Karachi condemned the firing incidents in unequivocal terms.
