A screen grab of the Police patrol car that was attacked on Friday evening. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI: As many as five policemen were shot dead on Friday evening in two incidents.
At least four policemen were shot dead when they were attacked near a bridge in Shah Faisal area of Karachi.
The policemen were in their patrol car. They had parked the car in the middle of the bridge located near Bagh-e-Korangi as part of their routine snap checking procedure when they were attacked.
The attack killed three policemen on the spot, and injured one other.
The dead and injured were rushed to Jinnah Hospital where the injured cop succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased policemen were identified as Zulfiqar, Afza and Ghulam Shabbir. The injured policeman, who later succumbed to his injuries, was identified as Sarwar.
In a separate incident, the guard of Kharadar police station chief was shot dead.
Gul Khan, 60, was deputed with the Kharadar SHO when they engaged with armed assailants near the paper market. In the ensuing exchange of fire, Khan suffered a fatal wound.
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This is most shocking, indeed. Whatever is said about their general performance, policemen have been one of the unsung heroes in the context of Karachi, given their limitations but still keeping the will to continue.. .
Terrible, terrible, terrible----it's terrorism, pure and simple and this can not be allowed to continue, no matter what. People must demand in one voice for all such atrocities to stop by any means necessary. The State must, must assert its rights and its monopoly of violence, it must use all the power at its command to counter such acts of terrorism.