Clash over property dispute leaves one dead in Surjani.

KARACHI -- A man was shot dead and five others were wounded when two groups clashed with each other over a property dispute in Surjani Town on Tuesday, according to police.

Surjani SHO Haji Sanaullah said that Chandios and Brohis had an old dispute over plots in Dilmirad Goth, which turned violent on Tuesday.

The two groups resorted to firing and as a result, Akram Jumma, 22, was killed and five others sustained bullet wounds.

Some of the wounded persons were identified as Nawaz Azeem, 42, Mohammed Irfan, 25 and Ibrahim Ismail, 38.

The police rushed to the spot and managed to prevent the situation from deteriorating further, claimed the officer.

The dead and injured were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Water tanker kills policeman

A fast-moving water tanker hit a mobile van and killed a policeman in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on early Tuesday morning.

The Aziz Bhatti police said that a police mobile was patrolling on main University Road near Baitul Mukurram Masjid when a recklessly driven water tanker coming from behind hit the police mobile. The incident occurred at around 0320 hours.

As a result, one policeman, identified as Usama, died on the spot.

The body was shifted to...

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