Hand grenade injures three policemen in Karachi
Security in Karachi is being monitored by around 200 cameras placed throughout the city.
Hand grenade injures three policemen in Karachi. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
A hand grenade exploded near Zainul Abideen Imambargah in North Nazimabad, Karachi injuring three policemen, Express News reported on Friday.
The three injured men were sent to a hospital for treatment.
Security in Karachi is being monitored from Hassan Square and Nishtar Park by around 200 cameras placed throughout the city.
The East SSP Syed Pir Muhammad Shah said that full proof security was organized for processionists.
Mobile phone services have been suspended for a second day in the city.
Muharram 9
Yesterday, police foiled major terrorist activity by killing six alleged terrorists of the banned religious outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
LeJ’s Karachi chapter chief of the Asif Chohtu group, Gul Hasan, and two alleged suicide bombers, Muhammad Arif alias Salahuddin alias Mairaj alias Javed Chashma and Naveed Baloch alias Chohta, were among the suspects killed in an encounter with the officials of the Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of the Crime Investigation Department.
On the same day, an attack on a police armored van near the Zainul Abideen Imambargah had injured a police official. Unknown armed assailants had hurled a small Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from the Naagan roundabout flyover and it landed on top of a police van.
At the time of the explosion, a congregation was underway at the Imambargah. Firing was also reported immediately after the blast.
Muharram 8
On Wednesday, at least 12 people including law enforcers and media personnel got injured in bomb blasts and a grenade attack outside two imambargahs in Karachi.
The bomb blasts took place outside an imambargah in the city’s North Nazimabad locality where a gathering of mourners had concluded an hour ago.
A hand grenade exploded near Zainul Abideen Imambargah in North Nazimabad, Karachi injuring three policemen, Express News reported on Friday.
The three injured men were sent to a hospital for treatment.
Security in Karachi is being monitored from Hassan Square and Nishtar Park by around 200 cameras placed throughout the city.
The East SSP Syed Pir Muhammad Shah said that full proof security was organized for processionists.
Mobile phone services have been suspended for a second day in the city.
Muharram 9
Yesterday, police foiled major terrorist activity by killing six alleged terrorists of the banned religious outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
LeJ’s Karachi chapter chief of the Asif Chohtu group, Gul Hasan, and two alleged suicide bombers, Muhammad Arif alias Salahuddin alias Mairaj alias Javed Chashma and Naveed Baloch alias Chohta, were among the suspects killed in an encounter with the officials of the Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of the Crime Investigation Department.
On the same day, an attack on a police armored van near the Zainul Abideen Imambargah had injured a police official. Unknown armed assailants had hurled a small Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from the Naagan roundabout flyover and it landed on top of a police van.
At the time of the explosion, a congregation was underway at the Imambargah. Firing was also reported immediately after the blast.
Muharram 8
On Wednesday, at least 12 people including law enforcers and media personnel got injured in bomb blasts and a grenade attack outside two imambargahs in Karachi.
The bomb blasts took place outside an imambargah in the city’s North Nazimabad locality where a gathering of mourners had concluded an hour ago.