Several hurt in New Year celebratory firing in Karachi

ANI  |  Karachi [Pakistan] 

Several people, including a woman, were injured in celebratory firing in Karachi, when the city welcomed the New Year.

"We received seven persons, including one woman, brought with at the Postgraduate Medical Centre," the Dawn quoted Dr Seemin Jamali, the of a hospital, as saying.

The injured were hit by stray bullets when people resorted to firing in jubilation with the advent of New Year.

None of the victims had, however, sustained life-threatening

"The incidents were reported from Defence, Baloch Colony, Mehmoodabad, Lines Area, Landhi and other localities," Dr Jamali added.

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First Published: Mon, January 01 2018. 09:15 IST