Deaths in Karachi gang violence

Police in Pakistan’s biggest city in struggle to cope with rival gangs divided on ethnic lines.

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Security forces in Pakistan’s biggest city, Karachi, are struggling to maintain the upper hand in a war between gangs divided on ethnic lines.

At least 13 people were killed in gang fights in a little more than a week, in addition to other violence coming from armed political factions in the city.

Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab has this exclusive report.


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