Man killed in Azizabad 'targeted' attack.

KARACHI -- A man was shot dead in the Azizabad area on Monday afternoon, police said.

They added that the man, later on identified as Usman Malik, 30, was shot dead by gunmen riding motorbikes in Block-8 of FB Area near Tanzeemul Momineen Imambargah.

Gulberg SP Mohammed Ayaz told Dawn that he was riding a motorbike when four suspects on two other motorcycles opened fire on him and fled. He sustained multiple bullet wounds and was driven to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, said police surgeon Dr Qarar Ahmed Abbasi. Dr Abbasi added that the victim received 12 bullet wounds on different parts of his body.

SP Ayaz said that the victim had been identified through a friend of his. The friend told the police that Usman Malik was involved in poultry business. Previously, he lived in Lyari but recently he had shifted his family to their native place in Punjab and was living at his father's home in Defence. The friend told the police that Mr Malik had gone there to meet a friend at a restaurant in Liaquatabad No. 10.

The Gulberg SP said the exact motive for the murder was not known. However, the city police spokesperson said the 'incident appears to be a targeted killing', adding that further investigation was under way.

The victim originally hailed from Rawalpindi and supplied poultry meat in Azizabad, added the spokesperson.

Investigators collected around five spent bullet casings fired from a 9mm pistol from...