Pakistan: Gunmen kill two in attack on politician in Karachi after Eid prayers; lawmaker escapes uninjured

Pakistan: Gunmen kill two in attack on politician in Karachi after Eid prayers; lawmaker escapes uninjured

Pakistani police says two gunmen targeting an ethnic party lawmaker after Eid prayers instead gunned down two others, including a child, in Karachi

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Pakistan: Gunmen kill two in attack on politician in Karachi after Eid prayers; lawmaker escapes uninjured

Karachi: Pakistani police says two gunmen targeting an ethnic party lawmaker after Eid prayers instead gunned down two others, including a child, in the southern port city of Karachi.

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Police officer Pir Mohammad Shah said lawmaker Khawaja Izharul Hasan escaped uninjured in the attack Saturday but the child and a police officer were killed.

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Shah said one of the attackers was also gunned down by police during a chase.

Hasan belongs to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which represents the Urdu speaking population. He was meeting and greeting people after Eid prayers when gunmen struck in a north Karachi neighborhood.

The party was divided after its self-exiled founder, Altaf Hussain, uttered anti-Pakistan remarks in London in 2016. He is wanted in many criminal cases back home.

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