ASWJ local leader shot dead, father hurt in ‘targeted attack’: Karachi police

A local leader of the outlawed religiopolitical group Ahle Sunnat Waljamaat (ASWJ) was shot dead while his father was injured in a suspected targeted attack in Karachi’s Landhi on Sunday evening, according to police and party officials.

Quaidabad police SHO Rana Khushi Mohammed said, “The victims were at a shop in Sherpao Colony when armed suspects on a motorcycle arrived there.”

“One of them disembarked from the bike and opened fire before fleeing the scene,” the SHO said, adding...