Two men gunned down, another injured over ‘honour’ in Karachi

Karachi: Two men were shot and killed while a third one was wounded over ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Manghopir area on Monday, police said.

The police said that the victim was in a relationship with a woman from their native town in Balochistan’s Bolan district.” The couple had arrived in Karachi about four days ago and were living with the man’s relatives near Gulshan Chowk in Mohammed Khan Colony.

As per the initial probe, the woman’s brother and other relatives traced the couple and shot the man along with his maternal uncle. Meanwhile, another maternal uncle was injured during the attack.

Shaman, 25, and Ishaq Balach, 30, were killed, while Habibullah, 35, was injured. The suspects took the woman back to Balochistan after killing the two men.

The bodies and the injured were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, and that the police were waiting for the victims’ heirs to lodge a first information report to initiate formal legal proceedings.