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Gunmen kills 2 in attack on opposition lawmaker in Pakistan

Gunmen kills 2 in attack on opposition lawmaker in Pakistan | iNFOnews.ca
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)

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.

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