Rioting and firing incidents in Karachi after killing of Nawab Bugti
KARACHI: After the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, tension gripped Karachi and incidents of rioting, stone pelting and aerial firing reported in some parts of the city.
As the reports of killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti in security forces operation reached here tension gripped Baloch localities of the metropolis including Lyari, Memon Goth, Malir, Khokharapar, Adam Hingora Goth, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Patel Para, Ilyas Goth, Old Golimar, Pak Colony, Mauripur, Baldia Town, Mowachh Goth, Dalmiya and other areas.
Incidents of aerial firing and rioting were occurred at Malir, Khokharapar, Adam Hingora Goth, Jamshed Road, and Mowachh Goth. Tension also prevailed in different parts of Lyari, where groups of irate youths set tyres on fire on busy roads.
An angry mob pelted stones at National Highway near Steel Town. Infuriated people manhandle some drivers sitting at a roadside hotel. They snatched a trailer and parked it in the middle of the highway blocking the road for vehicular traffic for some time.
Strict security arrangements have been made and security high alert was declared in the city.