Karachi, Feb. 5 (TNS): A Chinese national who was critically injured in Karachi attack succumbed to injuries on Monday
Unknown suspects in a car opened fire at 46-year-old Chen Zhu’s car in Clifton near Zamzama Park, in what police have called a targeted attack.
Initially, SHO Clifton said that Chen, the managing director of a shipping firm in Karachi, was travelling alone in the car. It later emerged that a second Chinese national accompanying him was buying vegetables at the time of the attack and took refuge in a nearby superstore when he heard the firing.
According to police, Chen was shot in the head, while a 30-year-old passer-by was shot in the leg.
“It appears to be a targeted incident,” police said. Nine bullet casings were recovered from the site of the attack.
