Pakistani Taliban attacked police compound, 4 people died
A Pakistani suicide squad raided a police compound in the port city of Karachi on Friday. 4 people died in the raid. The attack came a few weeks after the explosion at the police mosque. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
A Pakistani Taliban suicide squad raided the police compound in the port city of Karachi on Friday. At least four people died in the raid.
The attack came just weeks after more than 80 police officers were killed in an explosion at a police mosque in the country. Officials said late Friday security would be stepped up in the capital, Islamabad.
"Four people were killed in the attack, including two policemen, one ranger, and one sanitary worker," Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui told AFP, adding 14 others were wounded.
"The operation has concluded with the killing of all three terrorists," he said.
TALIBAN CLAIMED RESPONSABILITY
A spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility in a WhatsApp message to AFP.
"Our Mujahideen martyrs have attacked Karachi Police Office. More details to follow," he said.
Speaking on Samaa TV, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah called the attackers "terrorists... armed with grenades and other weapons" and said they fired at a gate with a rocket.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif pledged to end violence in a statement on Friday.
"Pakistan will not only uproot terrorism, but will kill the terrorists by bringing them to justice," he tweeted.
"This great nation is determined to end this evil forever."
کراچی میں پولیس پر دھشتگردی کے واقعے کی بھرپور مزمت کرتا ہوں اور اس حملے کو ناکام بنانے والے بہادر پولیس و قانون نافذ کرنے والے ادارے کے اہلکاروں کو سلام پیش کرتا ہوں۔ دھشتگرد شاید بھول گئے ہیں کہ پاکستانی وہ قوم ہے جس نے اپنی ہمت و جواں مردی سے دھشتگردی کو شکستِ فاش دی تھی.1/2
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'TERRORISTS ARE STILL INSIDE THE BUILDING'
Earlier, Syed Murad Ali Shah, chief minister of Sindh province, told ARY news that security forces had focused on one main building seized by the attackers.
"It is a five-floor building. Our police and rangers have cleared the first three floors and approaching the fourth. The terrorists are still inside the building."
An AFP reporter near the scene saw dozens of ambulances and security vehicles arrive outside the compound.
(The New Arab)
