Karachi Police Office Cleared

Karachi Police Office building Cleared
All three attackers killed
Three law enforcers, and one civilian lost their lives, 19 injured

Karachi: After four hours of operations, law enforcement agencies cleared the Karachi Police Office of terrorists, in the wee hours of Saturday.

DIG East Muqadas Haider, DIG South Ifran Baloch, DIG Rapid Response Force (RRF) Nasir Aftab, Special Security Unit (SSU), Sindh Rangers, and the Pakistan Army quickly responded.

According to officials, all three militants were killed. Four officials, including two policemen and a Sindh Rangers sub-inspector, and a civilian embraced martyrdom, during the operation. One of the 19 injured is in critical condition.

Pakistan’s banned outfit, Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack, according to spokesman Mohammad Khorasani. Police have identified two of the attackers as belonging to North Waziristan, and one as belonging to Lakki Marwat.

The terrorists reached the Karachi Police Office building in a white Corolla at around 7 p.m.
Three security checkpoints at the entrance of the office were unmanned at that time. According to reports, the area where families of policemen reside has no security gate or any CCTV cameras.
The Interior Minister said the attackers made their way inside the multi-story building by hurling hand grenades.

As the attackers moved from one floor to the next at the KPO, they switched off the lights. Soon, a large contingent of law enforcement agencies reached the building and cordoned off the area.
Social media footage shows an attacker blowing himself up inside the building during the operation.

Intense gunfire and explosions was reported near the headquarters of the Karachi Police in the evening. The Saddar police station said in a statement that it had been attacked and that bullets were coming from all sides. According to SHO Khalid Hussain Memon, unknown people attacked Saddar police station near Karachi Police Lines.

Intense gunfire and explosions have been reported near the headquarters of the Karachi Police. The Saddar police station said in a statement that it had been attacked and that bullets were coming from all sides. According to SHO Khalid Hussain Memon, unknown people attacked Saddar police station near Karachi Police Lines.

According to reports, dozens of police officers and civilians are trapped inside the 5-story building. Eyewitnesses say the compound is in the dark and all the lights are switched off. One of the injured was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), according to Dr Summaiya Syed, a police surgeon.

During the last few months, Pakistan has been under the grip of a new and intense wave of terrorism, and the police are the target this time. Last month, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area. Over 100 people lost their lives in the deadly Peshawar blast.