4 injured in multiple attacks on police in Karachi
Assailants hurled IEDs at a police van near Hassan Square and another at Tipu Sultan police station
KARACHI:
Four people were injured in two bomb attacks on the police in different parts of Karachi on Wednesday evening.
The first attack took place at around 8:45pm when unidentified assailants threw an improvised explosive device at a police van from the Hassan Square flyover.
As a result of the attack, driver Rahim and police constable Mushtaq were injured. They were shifted to a hospital for treatment.
DSP Nasir Lodhi said the police personnel were attacked by unidentified persons who threw a locally made bomb at them from the Hassan Square flyover.
Half an hour later, unidentified persons attacked the Tipu Sultan police station. The blast injured two passers-by, and caused damage to the wall of the station.
Rangers and police immediately reached the blast sites and cordoned off the area.
Four people were injured in two bomb attacks on the police in different parts of Karachi on Wednesday evening.
The first attack took place at around 8:45pm when unidentified assailants threw an improvised explosive device at a police van from the Hassan Square flyover.
As a result of the attack, driver Rahim and police constable Mushtaq were injured. They were shifted to a hospital for treatment.
DSP Nasir Lodhi said the police personnel were attacked by unidentified persons who threw a locally made bomb at them from the Hassan Square flyover.
Half an hour later, unidentified persons attacked the Tipu Sultan police station. The blast injured two passers-by, and caused damage to the wall of the station.
Rangers and police immediately reached the blast sites and cordoned off the area.