The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a notorious target killer, allegedly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) and involved in over 100 murders, during a targeted operation in Orangi Town. The police have also reportedly seized weapons and ammunition from his possession. According to SIU SSP Irfan Bahadur, the suspect, namely Shakeel alias Haddi, was a member of MQM-L’s ‘death squad’ and had confessed to the killings of Pirabad police SI Aleem Shah and Orangi Town police constable Rana Sohail in 2011 during his initial interrogation. Bahadur added that he was also involved in an attack on Awami National Party (ANP) leader Bashir Jan and the targeted killing of ANP’s Shah Faisal Colony, Nabi Gul, among others. The SSP alleged that Shakeel had also killed a medico-legal officer of Qatar Hospital and MQM-Haqiqi’s Asif Malang, while he had also set fire to Khalid Baba’s ‘astana’ and burnt three people to death. According to the police, Shakeel admitted to being involved in over 100 murders on the basis of ethnicity, sect and politics at the behest of the MQM-L leadership. Cases against him and other members of the ‘death squad’, including Ajmal Pahari, Saeed alias Bharam, Danish alias Mama, Omar alias Mullah, Zeeshan alias Dada, have been registered at several police stations across the city, as well as with the SIU. Further investigation is underway.