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Firing at SSWMB van leaves two injured
Pedestrian sustains gunshot wounds, Chinese citizen injured by glass shards
CCTV footage screengrab of the suspects involved in attack on the Chinese staffer. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
A pedestrian and a Chinese official travelling in a Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) van were injured after two unidentified men, who were on a motorcycle, opened fire on the vehicle in Lyari on Tuesday.
While the pedestrian, 45-year-old Khalid, sustained gunshot wounds in his arm and abdomen, the Chinese official, 26-year-old Jason Yahu, was injured by shattered glass that splintered as a result of the firing. Two others, the driver and a translator, inside the SSWMB van remained unhurt.
A Chinese national and a passerby were injured after two men on a motorcycle opened fire at a vehicle of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board in Karachi s Lyari, the police said Tuesday. The injured people have been moved to the Civil Hospital, Karachi. According to the doctors, the Chinese man suffered minor injuries while the other victim, identified as Khalid, was shot. Immediately after the attack, the police and Rangers reached the area and cordoned off the area. Karachi West SSP Sarfaraz Nawaz said that the police have collected 9mm bullet casings from the site.