Fifty-seven people, including women and children, suffered bullet injuries in aerial firing carried out on the eve of Independence Day in different parts of Karachi, officials said on Sunday.
Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said; “We received 57 persons with bullet injuries brought at three major government hospitals in the metropolis."
She said that 15 injured people, including three females aged between 15 to 50 years, were brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, adding that some of them were critical and would require long-term treatment.
She added that 24 cases of aerial firing were reported at the medico-legal section of Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre. Three of the injured were females.
She also said the injured were aged between eight to 60 years, including three females.
Dr Syed added that five of them suffered bullet wounds on their heads while three others received injuries on their abdomen.
Similarly, she said 18 people injured from aerial firing were reported at the medico-legal section of Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.
The injured were aged between 10 to 50 years, with six of them being females.
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