KARACHI: Nearly two dozen people including women and children across the Metropolis are reported to have been injured in New Year celebratory firing last night.
Details gathered by MM News from multiple sources including those from the social media revealed that announcements made by Sindh government, and threats of registering attempt to murder FIRs by Sindh police failed to restrain people from resorting to aerial firing.
01/01/2023
کراچی—— برنس روڈ فوڈ ا سثریٹ کے قریب گولی لگنے سے عالیان والد یاسر 01 بچہ
زخمی سول ہسپتال منتقل pic.twitter.com/3OLxy56K8C— عمیر (آزاد پنچھی) ???????? (@Ommiyar) December 31, 2022
Rescue workers and officials from district management as well as those from different hospitals said 24 injured people were admitted to Jinnah, Abbasi Shaheed and Civil hospitals. Law enforcers arrested more than 10 miscreants, who were involved in aerial firing.
پولیس کی انسدادی مہم کے باوجود دو سال نو کے موقع پر کراچی فائرنگ، دھماکوں اور پٹاخوں سے گونج اٹھا۔ فائرنگ سے کم سن بچے اور خواتین سمیت 20 افراد زخمی ہوئے۔
مختلف کارروائیوں کے دوران پولیس نے فائرنگ کرنے والے 10 افراد کو گرفتار کرلیا۔#NewYear pic.twitter.com/1OmdOCI22v— Afzal Nadeem Dogar (@GeoDogar) December 31, 2022
The areas from where the injured persons were taken to the hospitals included Saddar, Garden, Osmanabad Panjwani Plaza, Lighthouse, Raja Mansion, Hussainabad, Board Office in Nazaimabad (where a minor child got injured), Nazimabad Bridge, Liaquatabad No. 4, Five Star Chowrangi, Kharadar, Kashmir Colony, Dhoraji Chowrangi, Expo Centre (where a woman was injured), Al-Asif Square, ICI Bridge Soomro Gali, Landhi Future Colony (where a woman was seriously injured), Nagan Chowrangi (where a woman injured), Qasba Colony’s Kati Pahari and Water Pump, Gulberg. A minor boy was injured in aerial firing near North Nazimabad’s Board office. The injured child has been identified as Haider, son of Ibrahim.
Sindh Police officials claimed that police initiated a crackdown against miscreants who were involved in aerial firing, during which they arrested more than 10 suspects in the city, including from Gulshan and Korangi areas.
