Police told to accelerate intelligence-based targeted operation
CM orders to ramp-up road surveillance and snap-cheking system
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KARACHI:
Hours after Friday’s attack on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah ordered law enforcement agencies to speed up intelligence-based targeted operations against terrorists in the city. “The attempt to attack the Chinese consulate shows that still there are abettors of terrorists in the city and we have to eliminate them”.
Presiding over a law and order meeting at the CM House, Shah said that after the Landhi bomb blast a week earlier, this was the second incidence of terrorism in the city.
Expressing concern over the presence of the suspects carrying heavy arms and ammunition, the CM said these terrorists must have stayed somewhere in the city or in Clifton on the day of the attack, but they were not checked anywhere. “This shows that our road-checking system needs to be more effective and strict,” he said, besides directing the Karachi Police chief to ramp up snap checking in the city.
Attack on Chinese consulate foiled; two policemen martyred
Number of Casualties
Police IG Dr Kaleem Imam briefed the chief minister on the incident. “At about 9:30am, unknown armed terrorists attacked with heavy artillery and explosive grenades the Chinese Consulate situated near tomb of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Block-4 Clifton,” he said. “Sindh Police Special Security Unit and Pakistan Rangers reached the site. During the counter-operation, all three terrorists were killed, while two other civilians also died. A private security guard sustained injuries. They were all shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.” He added that the police was trying to ascertain the identities of the suspects.
The chief minister directed the Police IG to get the incident investigated properly. “This must be worked out like the police have worked out high-profile cases such as Safoora Chowrangi and others in the past,” he said. The chief minister was told that the Clifton Police and Counter-Terrorism Department would investigate the case.
Martyrs
The victims were identified as ASI Ashraf Dawood and Constable Mohammad Amir. Civilians Niaz Mohammad, son of Abdul karim, and Zaheer Shah, son of Niaz Mohammad, residents of Quetta, also lost their lives.
Private security guard Mohammad Juman also sustained serious injuries. The chief minister directed Police IG to look after the families of the martyred policemen, who laid their lives in the line of their duty and also make necessary arrangements to shift the bodies of both the civilians to Balochistan.
Evidence collected
Meanwhile Additional IG Karachi Dr Ameer Shaikh giving details of the ammunition recovered from the site said that these include slabs of C4, two explosive materials, batteries, chemical, two bottles of grenades RGD-I, seven grenades RGD-5, two SMGs and rounds which would be counted. ‘All the ammunition have been defused,” he said.
Chief Minister directed the IG police to conduct audit of all the diplomatic missions/consulates and install most sensitive CCTV cameras in the localities of the consulates.
Among others who attended the meeting included Mumtaz Shah, IG Police Dr Kaleem Imam, Home Secretary Kazi kabir, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahelwani, Adl IG Karachi Dr Ameer Shaikh, representatives of Pakistan Rangers, Provincial head of intelligence agencies and representative of 5-Corp.
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Visit to Chinese Consulate: Immediately after the incident chief minister talked to the Consul-General of China Mr Wang Yu and asked him about the situation. Later the chief minister also rushed to the Consulate and met the Consul-General and his staff. He told them that the security was well enough to thwart the attack. “As soon as the incident was reported to me I got in touch with the IG Police and DG Rangers and remained in constant touch with them until they controlled the situation,” he told the Consul-General.
The IG Police who accompanied the chief minister briefed the Consul-General. He said that when the terrorists attempted to attack the consulate the SHO Clifton and SSP Suhai Aziz immediately rushed to the spot and fought bravely with the terrorists. The SSP Investigation Tariq Dharejo reached besides the Rangers who killed all the three terrorists.
The chief minister called SSP Suhai and personally appreciated her for her bravery and prompt action. “Our women are brave and can work with shoulder to shoulder with men,” he said and added SSP Suhai has proved this today.
Funeral Prayer: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah attended the funeral prayer of both the policemen at at Garden Police headquarters. He also met their family members and assured them “The provincial government would look after you properly, you are not alone- we are with you.”
Hours after Friday’s attack on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah ordered law enforcement agencies to speed up intelligence-based targeted operations against terrorists in the city. “The attempt to attack the Chinese consulate shows that still there are abettors of terrorists in the city and we have to eliminate them”.
Presiding over a law and order meeting at the CM House, Shah said that after the Landhi bomb blast a week earlier, this was the second incidence of terrorism in the city.
Expressing concern over the presence of the suspects carrying heavy arms and ammunition, the CM said these terrorists must have stayed somewhere in the city or in Clifton on the day of the attack, but they were not checked anywhere. “This shows that our road-checking system needs to be more effective and strict,” he said, besides directing the Karachi Police chief to ramp up snap checking in the city.
Attack on Chinese consulate foiled; two policemen martyred
Number of Casualties
Police IG Dr Kaleem Imam briefed the chief minister on the incident. “At about 9:30am, unknown armed terrorists attacked with heavy artillery and explosive grenades the Chinese Consulate situated near tomb of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Block-4 Clifton,” he said. “Sindh Police Special Security Unit and Pakistan Rangers reached the site. During the counter-operation, all three terrorists were killed, while two other civilians also died. A private security guard sustained injuries. They were all shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.” He added that the police was trying to ascertain the identities of the suspects.
The chief minister directed the Police IG to get the incident investigated properly. “This must be worked out like the police have worked out high-profile cases such as Safoora Chowrangi and others in the past,” he said. The chief minister was told that the Clifton Police and Counter-Terrorism Department would investigate the case.
Martyrs
The victims were identified as ASI Ashraf Dawood and Constable Mohammad Amir. Civilians Niaz Mohammad, son of Abdul karim, and Zaheer Shah, son of Niaz Mohammad, residents of Quetta, also lost their lives.
Private security guard Mohammad Juman also sustained serious injuries. The chief minister directed Police IG to look after the families of the martyred policemen, who laid their lives in the line of their duty and also make necessary arrangements to shift the bodies of both the civilians to Balochistan.
Evidence collected
Meanwhile Additional IG Karachi Dr Ameer Shaikh giving details of the ammunition recovered from the site said that these include slabs of C4, two explosive materials, batteries, chemical, two bottles of grenades RGD-I, seven grenades RGD-5, two SMGs and rounds which would be counted. ‘All the ammunition have been defused,” he said.
Chief Minister directed the IG police to conduct audit of all the diplomatic missions/consulates and install most sensitive CCTV cameras in the localities of the consulates.
Among others who attended the meeting included Mumtaz Shah, IG Police Dr Kaleem Imam, Home Secretary Kazi kabir, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahelwani, Adl IG Karachi Dr Ameer Shaikh, representatives of Pakistan Rangers, Provincial head of intelligence agencies and representative of 5-Corp.
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Visit to Chinese Consulate: Immediately after the incident chief minister talked to the Consul-General of China Mr Wang Yu and asked him about the situation. Later the chief minister also rushed to the Consulate and met the Consul-General and his staff. He told them that the security was well enough to thwart the attack. “As soon as the incident was reported to me I got in touch with the IG Police and DG Rangers and remained in constant touch with them until they controlled the situation,” he told the Consul-General.
The IG Police who accompanied the chief minister briefed the Consul-General. He said that when the terrorists attempted to attack the consulate the SHO Clifton and SSP Suhai Aziz immediately rushed to the spot and fought bravely with the terrorists. The SSP Investigation Tariq Dharejo reached besides the Rangers who killed all the three terrorists.
The chief minister called SSP Suhai and personally appreciated her for her bravery and prompt action. “Our women are brave and can work with shoulder to shoulder with men,” he said and added SSP Suhai has proved this today.
Funeral Prayer: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah attended the funeral prayer of both the policemen at at Garden Police headquarters. He also met their family members and assured them “The provincial government would look after you properly, you are not alone- we are with you.”