Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- A local court in Karachi on Monday remanded a dumper truck driver into police custody for two days in a case involving the crushing and killing of two siblings on the city's Rashid Minhas Road.

The two siblings were killed and their father injured when a speeding dumper truck ran them over in the early hours of Sunday, sparking mob violence and protests in different parts of the port city. The deceased were identified as 22-year-old Mahnoor and 14-year-old Ahmed Raza.

Following the incident, the dumper truck driver was assaulted by local residents before being taken into custody by the police. Meanwhile, an infuriated mob set fire to at least seven dumper trucks in different parts of the country.

At the outset of t...