Five injured in attack on security forces' vehicle in Karachi

The injured were shifted to a hospital, where two are said to be in a critical condition

KARACHI: Five people were injured on Wednesday when a Rangers van was targeted in Baldia Town area of Karachi.


Explosives were planted in a motorcycle parked near the vehicle.

Rescue sources told Express News that the injured, two of whom are in critical condition, were moved to Civil Hospital.

The vehicle was also damaged in the attack.

Police have cordoned off the area and started an investigation.

Later on in the day, two people were killed and one was injured during a firing incident near Korangi, Express News reported.

Earlier on November 10, two policemen lost their lives and three others were wounded when a police mobile came under a bomb attack on MA Jinnah Road, while another cop was killed in a targeted gun attack while his partner was injured in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.