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Political worker killing sparks protests in Karachi

NNI Thursday, 9 Aug 2012 12:05 pm | Comments
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KARACHI - Enraged people set a bus on fire and resorted to aerial firing that injured four people after a political worker who was hurt in a firing incident yesterday in Orangi Town area died Thursday.
According to senior police officer, SSP West Amir Farooqui, Javed Batla, a political activist succumbed to injuries in a hospital today. The angry people came out on streets in protest and set a bus on fire besides resorting to indiscriminate firing in Orangi Town’s Bangla Bazaar area.
He said at least four people were hurt in the firing, adding that more contingents of police have been deployed in the affected area to control the situation.

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