Two injured in firing on men going to mosque
8-02-2002
KARACHI, Feb 8: Two men were injured in an armed attack on Shaheed-i-Millat Expressway near Baloch Colony on Friday.
The police said that two employees of a pharmaceutical company, situated in Korangi Industrial Area, were on their way in their van (CD-1153), when they were attacked near the Manzoor Colony traffic intersection, opposite the City School PAF Chapter.
Two unidentified men sprayed the vehicle with bullets and escaped.
It seemed that they were awaiting for the vehicle, a duty officer at Korangi Industrial Area police station said.
The wounded men, Syed Ghayur Abbas, aged 30, and Arshad Aziz, aged 32, were rushed to the JPMC. They were admitted to the hospital, the police said.
The police said that the victims visited Masjid-i-Najaf to offer Juma prayers every Friday.