People in Moro protest attacks on Sindh Rangers
They denounced terrorism, called for its end
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People in Moro district, Sindh, protested on Sunday against the recent attacks on Sindh Rangers in the province.
They denounced terrorism, called for its death, and expressed support for the country's armed forces.
According to a statement issued by the authorities, similar protests emerged in various cities of Sindh.
Two Rangers personnel were killed and another injured in three separate terrorist attacks on the paramilitary force in Ghotki, Karachi and Larkana on June 18.
In the first attack, a Rangers vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device (IED) near a meat shop on Railway Station Road in Ghotki. Two Rangers personnel and a citizen were lost their lives in the attack, while two others were injured.
“The assailants detonated an IED,” SSP Farrukh Lanjar told reporters. Rangers and police cordoned off the neighbourhood following the attack. The injured were shifted to Taluka Hospital Ghotki and later referred to Rahimyar Khan.
The martyred personnel have been identified as Zahoor Ahmed and Fayyaz Ahmed. The civilian, who was passing near the vehicle, was a local resident identified as Ghulam Mustafa Bhayo, a retired Railways employee.
DSP Abdul Qadir Chachar told the media that the personnel had parked the vehicle, a double cabin, on the road to buy something. The official added that blast also damaged the vehicle’s rear side leaving multiple pellet holes.
A resident, who was having his motorcycle repaired at a shop on the other side of the road, told reporters that a few pellets also hit his motorbike.
The police were unable to share any conclusive detail about the nature of the IED. A bomb disposal squad (BDS) team which was called from Sukkur district met an accident en route to Ghotki.
A sub-inspector of the BDS, Meenhon Khan, lost his life while six policemen were injured in the accident which occurred on the motorway near the town of Mahesro.
The injured, Abdul Jabbar Abbassi, Falak Sher, Qurban Phulpoto, Suhail Shaikh, Lal Khan and Gulfam Rind, were shifted to Taluka Hospital Ghotki.
However, some of the injured personnel managed to visit the site and collected samples of the explosive material.
The funeral prayers of the two Rangers personnel were offered at the paramilitary force’s headquarters in Ghotki. Zahoor’s body was sent to Bahawalnagar in Punjab for burial and Fayyaz Ahmed’s body to Saeedabad in Matiari, Sindh.
In Karachi, a man riding a motorcycle hurled a grenade at an Ehsaas programme centre in the Liaquatabad area apparently targeting the Rangers personnel deployed there.
The grenade injured nine people who were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries. A Rangers soldier, Munawwar, was also among the injured.
Later, a low-intensity blast was carried out outside a public school in Larkana where a Rangers vehicle was parked. However, no casualty resulted from the attack.
A shadowy group, the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, has claimed the attacks.
The attacks drew countrywide condemnation. Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his sorrow over the loss of lives and sought an immediate investigation into the attacks.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah directed the provincial police chief to submit a report while PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the attacks.
Leaders of the PTI, the MQM-P, the Grand Democratic Alliance and other political parties also condemned the attacks and expressed solidarity with the martyrs’ families.
With input from Reuters
They denounced terrorism, called for its death, and expressed support for the country's armed forces.
According to a statement issued by the authorities, similar protests emerged in various cities of Sindh.
Two Rangers personnel were killed and another injured in three separate terrorist attacks on the paramilitary force in Ghotki, Karachi and Larkana on June 18.
In the first attack, a Rangers vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device (IED) near a meat shop on Railway Station Road in Ghotki. Two Rangers personnel and a citizen were lost their lives in the attack, while two others were injured.
“The assailants detonated an IED,” SSP Farrukh Lanjar told reporters. Rangers and police cordoned off the neighbourhood following the attack. The injured were shifted to Taluka Hospital Ghotki and later referred to Rahimyar Khan.
The martyred personnel have been identified as Zahoor Ahmed and Fayyaz Ahmed. The civilian, who was passing near the vehicle, was a local resident identified as Ghulam Mustafa Bhayo, a retired Railways employee.
DSP Abdul Qadir Chachar told the media that the personnel had parked the vehicle, a double cabin, on the road to buy something. The official added that blast also damaged the vehicle’s rear side leaving multiple pellet holes.
A resident, who was having his motorcycle repaired at a shop on the other side of the road, told reporters that a few pellets also hit his motorbike.
The police were unable to share any conclusive detail about the nature of the IED. A bomb disposal squad (BDS) team which was called from Sukkur district met an accident en route to Ghotki.
A sub-inspector of the BDS, Meenhon Khan, lost his life while six policemen were injured in the accident which occurred on the motorway near the town of Mahesro.
The injured, Abdul Jabbar Abbassi, Falak Sher, Qurban Phulpoto, Suhail Shaikh, Lal Khan and Gulfam Rind, were shifted to Taluka Hospital Ghotki.
However, some of the injured personnel managed to visit the site and collected samples of the explosive material.
The funeral prayers of the two Rangers personnel were offered at the paramilitary force’s headquarters in Ghotki. Zahoor’s body was sent to Bahawalnagar in Punjab for burial and Fayyaz Ahmed’s body to Saeedabad in Matiari, Sindh.
In Karachi, a man riding a motorcycle hurled a grenade at an Ehsaas programme centre in the Liaquatabad area apparently targeting the Rangers personnel deployed there.
The grenade injured nine people who were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries. A Rangers soldier, Munawwar, was also among the injured.
Later, a low-intensity blast was carried out outside a public school in Larkana where a Rangers vehicle was parked. However, no casualty resulted from the attack.
A shadowy group, the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, has claimed the attacks.
The attacks drew countrywide condemnation. Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his sorrow over the loss of lives and sought an immediate investigation into the attacks.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah directed the provincial police chief to submit a report while PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the attacks.
Leaders of the PTI, the MQM-P, the Grand Democratic Alliance and other political parties also condemned the attacks and expressed solidarity with the martyrs’ families.
With input from Reuters