New York/Washington: (Web Desk) The United Nations (UN) has condemned a terrorist attack on the office of Karachi’s police chief, and expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the attack and to the Pakistani government.
According to the source, responding to a question, Farhan Aziz Haq, the UN’s deputy spokesman, said, while he was still awaiting details of the incident, “We condemn all terrorist attacks and we send condolences to the families of the victims of the attack and to the Government of Pakistan.”
As per details the office of the Karachi police chief, which came under attack on Friday evening by armed militants, has been cleared, with at least three terrorists neutralized and killed. Security forces retook the building after several hours’ battle with militants and killed three militants, a government spokesman said. Police commandoes and a bomb disposal squad later entered the building to clear it.
Four people including two police officers, one Rangers personnel and one civilian staffer were martyred, and 18 people were wounded.
Meanwhile “We stand firmly with people of Pakistan” US after terrorist attack on Karachi police office
Furthermore the US has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a police compound in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. A group of militants stormed the Karachi Police Office (KPO) located at the Shahrah-e-Faisal on Friday night. At least four people – two Rangers troops, one policeman and a civilian were martyred while three terrorists were killed in the more than three-hour long operation. Commandos from the elite police unit, troops from paramilitary rangers and army snipers took part in the operation to neutralize the attackers.
Moreover a police official said two terrorists were killed while another blew himself up after managing to enter the building. Initial reports said the terrorists carried out two major blasts and used more than a dozen grenades in the attack. All of them were wearing suicide jackets laden with explosive weighing around 7 kilograms each.
According to the twitter, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Karachi Police Office. “We stand firmly with the Pakistani people in the face of this terrorist attack. Violence is not the answer, and it must stop,” he wrote while condoling with the families of those injured and martyred in the attack.
The terrorist attack on the Karachi police headquarters was carried out weeks after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque located in Peshawar Police Lines. The attacked had claimed over 100 lives.
