Pakistani security personnel stand at the site of an attack on a lawmaker in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Pakistani police said two gunmen targeting an ethnic party lawmaker after Eid prayers instead gunned down two others, including a child, in the southern port city of Karachi. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Republished September 02, 2017 - 4:06 AM
Original Publication Date September 01, 2017 - 10:36 PM
KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistani police say two gunmen targeting an ethnic party lawmaker after Eid prayers instead shot down two others, including a child, in the southern port city of Karachi.
Police officer Pir Mohammad Shah said lawmaker Khawaja Izharul Hasan escaped uninjured in the attack Saturday but the child and a police officer were killed.
Shah said one of the attackers was also gunned down by police during a chase.
Hasan belongs to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which represents the Urdu speaking population. He was meeting and greeting people after Eid prayers when gunmen struck in a north Karachi neighbourhood.
The party was divided after its self-exiled founder, Altaf Hussain, uttered anti-Pakistan remarks in London last year. He is wanted in many criminal cases back home.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017