100 police officials killed in last 200 days in Karachi

Karachi police spokesperson Attiq Shaikh confirms that 100 policemen killed in past six months.

KARACHI: As many as 100 police officials have been killed in the last 200 days of the current year, according to statistics released by the city police on Sunday.

Karachi police spokesperson Attiq Shaikh revealed that as many as 100 police officials, including officers and constables, have been killed in separate incidents including terrorist attacks and target killings across the city till now.

The police department media cell recorded 166 deaths of police officials in 2013.

This year, from January to July, 100 officials, including one superintendent, three inspectors, 14 sub-inspectors, 12 assistant sub-inspectors and 16 head constables, were killed. Of the total 100, 24 officials were killed in January, 19 in February, five in March, nine in April and May each, and 21 in June.