Karachi faces wave of arrests, shootings, and accidents in single day

KARACHI: Karachi police arrested two suspected street criminals in the Karachi Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Thursday.

According to the police, firearms were recovered from the accused, with the law enforcers stating that the detained  were involved in multiple street crime incidents across the city.

Meanwhile, at least one person died and another injured when firing broke out in Shah Baig Line, Lyari. Rescue officials transported the wounded individual to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

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In a separate incident near Maripur Truck Stand, Karachi, a traffic accident claimed the lives of two individuals on the spot. Rescue teams responded quickly and shifted the bodies to a local hospital for postmortem.

Similarly, a 6-year-old child sustained injuries from a stray bullet in Korangi Dhai Number in Karachi. Law enforcement officials promptly transferred the child to a nearby hospital for urgent medical care.