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.