Cop among two shot dead in Karachi's DHA

KARACHI: Two persons, including a policeman, were killed and another was wounded in firing   at  Defence Housing Authority Phase VI in the port city  late on Saturday night.

As per details, the firing incident occurred in DHA's Khayaban-e-Bukhari area when unknown assailants opened fire, killing  a policeman on the spot and injuring two others.

The  injured personnel were shifted to nearby medical facility, where one of them succumbed to his wounds while the other remains under treatment.

The the deceased were identified as Khalid and Ramzan. Khalid was  a police constable  deployed in Darakhsha Police Station and  he was on his way back to home after being relieved of duty, while Ramzan is  being said to  be a passerby.

The vehicle believed to have been used in firing incident  has been found nearby the crime scene, police also claimed to have recovered weapons from  that vehicle but they're still searching for the two culprits. Police have launched the investigation.

SP Clifton Suhai Aziz said the police have collected the evidence from the crime scene that include live rounds, empty cases  and a vehicle. 

The police have conducted raids to arrest the owner of the vehicle but couldn't succeed, she added.