KARACHI: Two out of four people who got injured in police firing at Karachi’s Numaish Chowrangi during sit-in in connection with PTI’s Azadi March have been reportedly dead.
As per details, two people succumbed to their bullet wounds.
Earlier, Karachi Police used tear gas shelling to disperse workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at Karachi’s Numaish Chowrangi, as the situation in the provincial capital turned violent in the evening.
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Protesters set a police van on fire as a large number of PTI supporters, led by former federal minister Ali Zaidi, had gathered in the area to show support for the party’s long march toward Islamabad.
TV footage showed policemen using gas shells and rubber bullets to disperse PTI workers who threw stones and bottles at police personnel.
Earlier, police detained at least 25 PTI activists, as clashes broke out between protesters and police. Most of the workers were later released after the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) order.
