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January 19 – 25, 2015

Date: January 25, 2014

January 19: Policeman escorting vaccinators gunned down in Karachi

A police official escorting polio vaccine workers in Karachi’s Orangi Town was left critically wounded in a gun attack. ASI Tabassum Ali was shifted to a nearby hospital. The attack took place despite a heavy police presence, with law enforcement officials having been called in from different zones of the city. Express Tribune

January 24: Two killed in Karachi sectarian attacks 

Two shopkeepers were killed in back-to-back sectarian attacks in Karachi’s Korangi area. Armed men on motorcycles first targeted a spare parts shop, killing its 39-year-old owner Shahab Hussain. Within a few minutes, a nearby roadside pan kiosk was similarly attacked, fatally wounding its proprietor Wazeer Husain. Both victims belonged to the Shia community and the incidents seemed to be linked with the recent wave of killings on the same ground. Dawn