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Lyari operation enters fourth day
By Web Desk
Published: April 30, 2012
A plain clothes policeman holds an AK 47 as he walks down the streets during a firefight with gang members in Karachi's Lyari area April 28, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
KARACHI: The police operation against Lyari gangsters entered its fourth day on Monday, with the overall death toll reaching 24, Express News reported.
Families from the area continued to leave and move to safer locations as tension prevailed in the area.
Very few police personnel were seen present at Cheel Chowk, while no senior officers were present to lead them. It has been reported that the senior officials will arrive after attending the funeral of a police officer who had been killed earlier.
Markets in the area remain closed and many homes are reported to be without food, water and electricity.
Police had earlier cleared Nawa Lane and taken control of the area. Police had also claimed that the areas of Afshani Gali, Gul Mohammad Lane and Saifi Lane had been taken under control, but residents have refuted the claim and said that only Nawa Lane and some lanes of Cheel Chowk have been taken under control.
Three killed in Sher Shah firing
Motorcyclists attacked two passenger buses in the Sher Shah area, critically injuring five passengers on board, three of whom passed away before reaching the hospital.
Two of the injured are reported to be in critical condition, and one of the injured has been identified as a police official who was on duty at the time of the incident.
In separate incidents, two coaches and a car were torched near Punkha Hotel.
By Web Desk
Published: April 30, 2012
A plain clothes policeman holds an AK 47 as he walks down the streets during a firefight with gang members in Karachi's Lyari area April 28, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
KARACHI: The police operation against Lyari gangsters entered its fourth day on Monday, with the overall death toll reaching 24, Express News reported.
Families from the area continued to leave and move to safer locations as tension prevailed in the area.
Very few police personnel were seen present at Cheel Chowk, while no senior officers were present to lead them. It has been reported that the senior officials will arrive after attending the funeral of a police officer who had been killed earlier.
Markets in the area remain closed and many homes are reported to be without food, water and electricity.
Police had earlier cleared Nawa Lane and taken control of the area. Police had also claimed that the areas of Afshani Gali, Gul Mohammad Lane and Saifi Lane had been taken under control, but residents have refuted the claim and said that only Nawa Lane and some lanes of Cheel Chowk have been taken under control.
Three killed in Sher Shah firing
Motorcyclists attacked two passenger buses in the Sher Shah area, critically injuring five passengers on board, three of whom passed away before reaching the hospital.
Two of the injured are reported to be in critical condition, and one of the injured has been identified as a police official who was on duty at the time of the incident.
In separate incidents, two coaches and a car were torched near Punkha Hotel.