Police disperse MWM protesters, detain several in Karachi’s Numaish
Protesters pelt stones at police personnel, torch their six motorcycles and a check post at Numaish Chowrangi
KARACHI: Following multiple engagements with the protesters, the Karachi police finally launched a crackdown to clear roads as the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) continued its sit-ins at various locations in the country’s economic hub for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday.
Protesters pelted stones at police, torched their six motorcycles and a check post at Numaish Chowrangi, prompting the cops to fire tear gas shells and baton-charge activist of the politico-religious party staging sit-in at the Numaish Chowrangi on M A Jinnah Road.
Police also demolished central sit-in camp of the MWM established at Numaish Chowrangi.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
