At Least 8 Dead in Karachi Gunbattle
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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Gunbattles and attacks left at least eight people dead and 25 wounded as Pakistan’s political crisis descended into violence between rival parties ahead of planned protests over President General Pervez Musharraf’s suspension of the chief justice.
In the worst reported clash, pro-government and opposition activists traded assault rifle fire about half a mile from Karachi’s airport. Kamran Ali, a newspaper vendor, said three unidentified people traveling in a car were killed and a passer-by was wounded.
A Karachi police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to comment to media, said at least eight people had died in violence across the city, and 25 were wounded. An intelligence official also reported eight dead.
