Eight Heavily-fortified Pakistani Taliban zealots on Friday stormed the Karachi Police chief’s office in the country’s most vibrant megacity, sparking gunfire that killed two revolutionists and two others, the rearmost brazen-faced assault on security forces amid an supplement in terror attacks across the country. The attack took place around 7:10 pm original time.
A spokesperson of the Karachi Police verified in a statement that the Karachi police chief’s head office had come under attack. “ Firing is going on, ” the statement said Karachi Police principal Javed Odho also verified in a tweet that his office was under attack but said the security forces had responded explosively.
Elderly Police Official, DIG South Irfan Baloch said during the standoff, two of the revolutionists, a bobby and a mercenary were killed. He said six others, including four bobbies, were also injured. “ Some of the zealots entered via the backside of the structure while two entered from the main gate wearing police uniforms,” he said. He said the police have girdled the terrorists inside the structure and one bottom of the structure had been cleared.
“ There are around six terrorists still inside the structure,” he said. The dreaded Pakistani Taliban terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The terrorists first threw half a dozen hand grenades into the main emulsion of the Karachi Police Chief’s office structure and also entered the demesne. “ Heavy blasting is going on between civil rangers, police and the bushwhackers. All mobile vans in the quarter and area have been summoned urgently to the spot to compass the bushwhackers, ” one police source said.
The Karachi Police chief’s office is located near the main roadway road of Karachi which goes from town to the field. Pakistan has witnessed a swell in militant attacks since November when Pakistani Taliban ended a monthslong check- fire with the government.
Last month, a Taliban self-murder bomber blew himself up in a synagogue packed with worshippers during autumn prayers in the high- security zone in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Peshawar megacity, killing over 100 people, substantially bobbies.
