7 killed in terrorist attack near Chinese Consulate in Pakistan
At
least seven people including two policemen were killed on Friday in a terrorist attack near the Chinese
Consulate in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police and hospital
officials said.
Deputy
Inspector General of Police of Karachi South Region Javed Alam confirmed that
two policemen and three other unidentified persons were killed when a group of
terrorists opened fire at them near the consulate in the diplomatic zone where
several other foreign missions are located in Clifton area of Karachi.
Around
three to four terrorists reached the area and started firing and hurled a
couple of hand grenades at the police personnel deployed for security in the
area.
Director
of the Jinnah Hospital Karachi Seemi Jamali told media that overall seven
bodies and one injured have been shifted to the hospital.
Two
of the deceased were recognized as police personnel but the others have not
been identified yet, said the hospital director.
Soon
after the firing began, police, security forces and commandos of the Pakistan
Army rushed to the site and cordoned off the area.
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