Gunmen shot and killed three transgender women on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, before fleeing the scene, police said Monday, underscoring the dangers faced by the community across the country.

The victims' bodies were found on a roadside on Sunday. All three were shot at close range and the victims were later buried in a local graveyard, senior police official Javed Abro said.

The motive was not immediately clear and a hunt was underway to trace and arrest the killers, Abro said.

Sindh province's Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah condemned the killings and ordered a probe.

"Transgenders are an oppressed section of society," he said, vowing that those behind the attack would be arrested.

Members of the transgender community staged a protest Sunday outside Karachi's st

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