Karachi, June 15 (IANS) A fresh wave of target killing in Karachi has claimed seven lives, a media report said.

According to police sources, assistant jailor Ishaq Mio was shot by armed men late Monday and he later succumbed to injuries, Geo news reported Tuesday.

Three people were injured till Tuesday morning, the report said.

The target killings started when three people were killed in Musa Colony, near the Nazimabad College for Men.

Later police and rangers’ contingents controlled the situation and dispersed protestors.