Police seal off traffic on the main road through the city. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KARACHI, Pakistan - Multiple explosions and continuous firing were heard as armed men attacked a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday.
Police sealed off traffic on the main road through the city and heavy contingents of security forces, including paramilitary soldiers, had arrived at the scene.“The number of the attackers is not yet clear,” Sindh province information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon told local Geo TV. “I can hear heavy firing... ambulances and police vehicles are at the site,” AFP correspondent Ashraf Khan said.
Police are frequent targets of attacks by militants from Pakistan’s Taliban as well as rebels from various Balochistan separatist groups. The compound is home to several police buildings as well as the residences of officers and their families. REUTERS, AFP
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