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KARACHI: A man was shot dead and several vehicles were set on fire and ransacked during a protest by hundreds of people on Superhighway at Al-Asif Square in Sohrab Goth on Thursday evening following the recent killing of a man in Hyderabad. During the protest on the highway, incidents of firing and arson occurred in which a bus was set on fire and some vehicles were ransacked, said police and witnesses.

However, the Superhighway was cleared to traffic when the police took action after the negotiations failed to peacefully disperse the protesters. Police said 25 people were taken into custody. Earlier, city police chief Javed Akhar Odho told Dawn that around 2,000 people had blocked both tracks of the Superhighway near Sohrab Goth. He said contingents of police led by DIG-East Muquddus Haider and SSPs of East, Malir and Central and Special Security Unit had arrived on the spot to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.