KARACHI – At least seven policemen were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on police vehicles in Orangi Town on Wednesday, local TV channel reported.
The attack took place close to the busy Bangla Bazaar, where gunmen attacked one of the police mobiles from the back. The policemen, who were providing security to polio teams, were brought from interior Sindh. At least four cops were injured in the attack.
In another attack, minutes later, unidentified gunmen opened fire on policemen near Disco Mor, injuring three policemen. The injured were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where all seven cops were pronounced dead on arrival. The policemen received multiple gunshot wounds, hospital sources said.
The slain cops have been identified as Rustam Khan, Mohammad Ismail, Gul Khan, Wazir, Ghulam Rasool, Ghazi Khan and Daimud Din. “Eight terrorists riding four motorcycles opened fire on two police teams. One of our injured policemen retaliated,” DIG West Feroz Shah told a Tv channel reporter. “Four policemen were killed in one attack and three died in a second ambush,” he said.
– Polio drive suspended in Karachi –
Authorities today suspended the ongoing anti-polio drive in Karachi’s Orangi Town after a militant attack on police teams. At least seven policemen guarding polio workers were martyred when they came under fire from miscreants in the deadliest ambush of 2016 in Orangi Town.
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