KARACHI: A young man shot dead a teenage classmate inside an educational institute in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood of Karachi, police and witnesses said.
Ahsan Akhtar, 19, was killed in a coaching centre in Block 13-D near Madina Masjid. Gulshan-i-Iqbal station house officer (SHO) Arshad Janjua said a scuffle broke out between two groups but the administration intervened and pacified them.
However, on Friday, the suspect, whose identity was not disclosed by the police, armed with a Kalashnikov rifle entered the premises and opened fire at Akhtar before fleeing.
Akhtar suffered a bullet wound in the chest and was transported to a nearby hospital where he passed away during treatment.
There was no further explanation for how a young man acquired the weapon. Police described it as an “altercation” in the classroom that resulted in a shot fired.
Some witnesses told the press the suspect entered the weapon was hidden in a sack.
Janjua said the incident appeared to be an outcome of a personal grudge, without elaborating further. He claimed the alleged killer had been identified and police were out to arrest him.
