Karachi: (Staff Reporter) Two security personnel laid down their lives while two terrorists were killed in a brazen attack at the Karachi police head office on Friday night at Shahrah-e-Faisal.
According to the reports said that a bomb explosion, assumed as suicide attack, was also heard which resulted in a fire. On the other hand, Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) said that the police were encountering the terrorists, present at the fourth floor of the building, which resulted in the death of two terrorists. However, there are still more terrorists present inside the building.
As per details sources said the firing near the police head office at Shahrah-e-Faisal sent shockwaves across the city, with fear spreading among the resident of the area. They said the attackers threw grenades from behind the police station at a time when security personnel were still present in the office.
Furthermore the investigations started to find out the number of attackers and the motive behind the attack. A spokesperson for the Sindh Rangers said initial estimates suggest there are eight to ten “armed terrorists”. In a separate statement, the spokesperson said a brigadier of the counter-terrorism force is leading the operation, adding that Rangers were working on clearing the fourth floor.
Meanwhile Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah took notice of the attack on police head office
Sindh Chief Minister took the notice of the attack and said he was overseeing the investigations himself and said the attack on the police chief’s office was “unacceptable”. He also ordered the regional DIGs to arrive at the police head office with police forces. “I want the perpetrators behind the attack on the additional IGs office to be arrested,” he said, adding that an attack on the KPO was “not acceptable” at any cost.
Moreover the chief minister also sought a report from the officer concerned and said that he was personally monitoring the situation. Three floors of the five-storey building have been cleared so far, said Sindh CM, adding two floors and the rooftop remained. He said it was too early to confirm casualties as reports were still coming in.
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said the terrorists would have to pay for their bloody attack at the police station and added Sindh CM had taken the notice of the attack.
