Two leaders of Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) and a woman were shot dead and two others injured in a target killing incident near Bahadurabad Chowrangi in the limits of Ferozabad Police Station on Monday, police said. Police said that unidentified armed men riding a bike opened indiscriminate fire on a car at Shaheed-e-Millat Road near Bahadurabad Chowrangi.
As a result vice chairman of Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) Akhtar Hussain and Central Committee Member of MQM-H Karachi Abdul Karim and two others including a woman received bullet injuries. Akhtar Hussain and Abdul Karim died on their way to hospital.
The bodies and injured were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. Later, the injured woman, identified as Shams-un-Nihar, also succumbed to her injuries during treatment. According to police sources the victims were returning after meeting with MQM-H chief Afaq Ahmad in Central Jail Karachi, when unidentified armed men targeted them on Shaheed-e-Millat Road.