17-year-old waste collecting boy shot dead by guard in Karachi

A 17-year-old boy, Samad, was shot dead by a security guard in North Karachi for not picking up waste.

A security guard and a boy had an argument over picking up garbage, after which the guard got angry and shot the boy in the stomach. The injured child was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical assistance, where he succumbed to his injuries and died, as per the initial report. However, the accused guard escaped after the incident.

Police say that there was an argument between the guard and the child about picking up garbage, during which the guard of the private security company opened fire and fled.

The police told Geo News that the security guard has been identified as Ramzan, and they are looking for him.

Earlier this week, in Sakhi Hasan Sarina mobile market in Karachi, a security guard shot and killed a TikToker for making a video about a match.