Gunmen kill 22 in street fire

GUNMEN opened fire on two buses and waged street battles in Pakistan’s largest city, killing at least 22 people as part of a spate of violence that has claimed 49 lives in three days, officials said.

It was some of the worst strife so far this year in Karachi, a city of 18 million that has long been a hotbed of crime and clashes — much of it linked to ethnic, sectarian and political divisions. Police had no immediate comment on motives for the latest killings.

At least 10 of the 22 victims who were killed yesterday died when gunmen targeted two buses, said Sharfuddin Memon, a security adviser for Sindh province, where Karachi is located.