New Year: 24 people injured in celebratory firing in Karachi

• The injured were shifted to different hospitals of the city.
• Firing incidents were reported in Saddar, Garden and Nazimabad.
• Karachi Police arrested 11 suspects including two police officers.

KARACHI: As many as 24 people including women and children injured across the Karachi in celebratory aerial firing on the eve of the new year.

According to the details, 24 people, including women and children, were injured as a result of aerial firing on the connection of the New Year in different areas of Karachi. The injured were shifted to different hospitals in the city.

Firing incidents were reported in Saddar Town, Garden Usmanabad, Light House, Civil Hospital Raja Mission, Hussainabad, Nazimabad Board Office, Nazimabad Bridge, Liaquatabad, Five Star Chowrangi, Kharadar, Kashmir Colony, Dhoraji Chowrangi, Expo Centre, Al-Asif Square, ICI Soomro Gali, Landhi Future Colony, Nagan Chowrangi, Qasba Colony, Kati Pahari, Water Pump, FB Area, Jamshed Quarter and Burns Road.

On the occasion of the New Year, the injured persons were shifted to Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre(JPMC), and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital(ASH).

On the other hand, two people died in traffic accidents near Karsaz Bridge and Saddar Cooperative Market.

Karachi Police arrested 11 suspects including two police officers while taking action against the suspects involved in aerial firing incidents on the occasion of New Year.

SSP City said that the accused were found firing in the air in different areas of the city district, four people were slightly injured in the aerial firing in the city district, who have been discharged from the hospital after treatment.
Police said that further legal action is being taken against the arrested accused by registering cases under Section 324 of the Arms Act.

The SSP City further said that departmental action will be taken by registering cases against the police personnel involved in the aerial firing.

On the other hand, PTI Member Sindh Assembly Raja Azhar reached Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) to visit the injured. He requested the hospital administration to speed up the medical procedures for the injured.

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Speaking on this occasion, Raja Azhar said that despite the ban, weapons were used indiscriminately in the city, and the police once again failed to implement their own decisions.