World IN BRIEF : PAKISTAN : 33 Die as Militants Rampage in Karachi

Militants waging a campaign against a rival Muslim faction and the government killed 33 people, firing grenade launchers and burning several buildings in Pakistan’s financial center. Police said several victims had been tortured, their throats slit and their legs and hands tied. A 45-year-old woman and her two teen-age sons were killed when militants fired a grenade launcher at a police station, missed their target and hit the victims’ nearby house, witnesses said. The rampage by the militant Mohajir National Movement has killed nearly 75 people since Thursday.