Bomber Rams Explosives-Laden Vehicle Into Building In Karachi; Officer Unhurt
Omer Farooq Khan TNN
Islamabad: At least eight people were killed, including six police guards, when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the house of a senior police officer in Karachi on Monday.
The police officer targeted in the bombing, Chaudary Aslam, was not harmed and appeared on local television shortly after the attack to blame the Pakistani Taliban for the attack.
Aslam, who is with the police’s counter-terrorism branch, had been tasked with cracking down on Taliban and other militant groups in the city. He has led many highprofile raids on suspected al-Qaida and Taliban cells in some of the cities volatile neighbourhoods.
“I was sleeping when they carried out the attack. I had been receiving threatening letters from militant groups and Pakistani Taliban, but I didn’t know these cowards will target my children. This s not going to deter me from action against them,” Aslam said.
Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying Aslam had arrested and killed many of its fighters. “We will continue attacks against those officials who are taking action against our people,” said Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan from an undisclosed location.
The explosion occurred early in the morning when children were going to a school located near Aslam’s home in Karachi’s defence area, an upscale residential locality similar to Delhi’s Jor Bagh and Mumbai’s Malabar Hill localities.
The city’s police chief Saud Mirza visited the terror site and said that 300kg of explosives were used in the attack.
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Apowerful explosion ripped through a market in Peshawar in Pakistan on Monday, killing at least four persons. The explosion targeted a shop selling CDs in Nishatarbad area, officials said. A woman was among the dead. More than 30 people were injured by the blast, which triggered a massive fire that engulfed several buildings, shops and cars. The bomb was hidden in a motorcycle. PTI
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