Police says a suicide attack, gunfire was also heard, while the second terrorist killed in encounter was also a suicide bomber with a suicide jacket and a grenade; Police recover 6 hand grenades, 1 SMG, 3 magazines from militants
KARACHI: The terrorists executed a suicide bombing on a vehicle carrying foreign nationals to their local office in the Landhi on Friday, left killings a security guard along with two alleged suicide bombers, while all 5 foreigners were safe and shifted to undisclosed location.
The police said that all the foreigners travelling in a vehicle that was targeted in a suicide attack in the Landhi area were safe and shifted to an undisclosed location. They told the Metro Morning that five foreign nationals were in the vehicle when it came under attack in Landhi’s Mansehra Colony earlier Friday killing two terrorists involved in the attack.
DIG East Azfar Mahesar said that the attackers were on foot, as per preliminary investigation. He added that police recovered six hand grenades, an SMG, and three magazines from militants. “The attackers also had two bottles of petrol. All the items were in a bag with the attackers,” said the police official. The DIG said that a vehicle and a motorcycle nearby were damaged in the blast after a terrorist blew himself up. A police mobile was parked at a nearby petrol pump which reached the spot after hearing the explosion, he said, adding that the personnel of the Sharafi Goth police station also confronted the terrorists.
“One terrorist was killed in firing by security guards, while the other terrorist approached the van and blew himself up,” The DIG East said. The police official said efforts will be made to identify the slain terrorist using his fingerprints. He also revealed that the police were already on alert after having received security threats regarding foreigners in the city. Earlier on Friday, the police said that the van was targeted by the terrorists who were on a bike, adding that a bag filled with grenades and Kalashnikov was found from the crime scene. SSP Malir Tariq Mastoi confirmed that it was a suicide attack. The police official said, “A suicide jacket and a grenade are tied to the terrorist’s body.”
Later, CTD In-charge Raja Umar Khattab told journalists that the foreigners were travelling in three vehicles, adding that the suicide bombers were waiting nearby and attacked the vehicle when it slowed down due to a speed breaker. “The security guard fired at the attackers and thwarted the attack,” he said, adding that the terrorists arrived on a motorcycle and were chasing the car. They, he added, stepped down from their motorbikes near the scene and approached the vehicle on foot before opening fire at the van.
