Three blasts in Karachi

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KARACHI: Three blasts and firing reported in city court premises adjacent to M.A. Jinnah road in Karachi. - AFP

 

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One policeman killed in attack outside Karachi City Courts
Saturday, 19 Jun, 2010 One policeman was killed in Karachi on Saturday when unknown gunmen opened fire near the City Courts. – (File Photo) Local
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Surveillance cameras project hits snags KARACHI: One policeman was killed in Karachi on Saturday when unknown gunmen opened fire near the City Courts.

The gunmen opened fire at a group of policemen who were escorting a number of prisoners to the courts and threw a hang grenade amid the crowd. One policeman was killed as a result of the attack and four prisoners were able to flee along with the gunmen.



Security officials followed one of the gunmen, who fled to nearby Jodia Bazaar and killed himself. One hand grenade was recovered from his possession, while search teams have been sent to other areas to locate the remaining gunmen.



The four escaped prisoners were identified as Murad, Wazir, Miskeen and Murtaza, and were brought to the courts of the judicial magistrate south.



Two people were also injured as a result of the attack and have been shifted to Civil Hospital, officials told DawnNews.




Tags: Karachi violence Karachi attack Karachi city courts

 

[RescueRanger]

May allah have mercy! Following this on DAWN right now.

 

[Moorkh]

sounds like an attempt to free the prisoners. were the prisoners who escaped captured terrorists?

 

[pak-marine]

sounds like an attempt to free the prisoners. were the prisoners who escaped captured terrorists?

Most likely they are captured terrorists , or 10% these are Lyari gangsters

 

[Aslan]

KARACHI: One policeman was killed in Karachi on Saturday when unknown gunmen opened fire near the City Courts.

The gunmen opened fire at a group of policemen who were escorting a number of prisoners to the courts and threw a hang grenade amid the crowd.

One policeman was killed as a result of the attack and four prisoners were able to flee along with the gunmen.

Security officials followed one of the gunmen, who fled to nearby Jodia Bazaar and killed himself. One hand grenade was recovered from his possession, while search teams have been sent to other areas to locate the remaining gunmen.

The four escaped prisoners were identified as Murad, Wazir, Miskeen and Murtaza, and were brought to the courts of the judicial magistrate south.

Two people were also injured as a result of the attack and have been shifted to Civil Hospital, officials told DawnNews.

DIG South Iqbal Mahmood later released the sketches of the escaped accused and the police also managed to seize cell phones and MM pistols of the attackers.

Mehmood said the militants were associated with an outlawed militant organisation, Jundallah.

Jundallah is accused of carrying out a number of terrorist attacks in the country including a recent attack on a procession earlier this year in Karachi, killing 76 people.

It was reported that the escaped prisoners were speaking on a cell phone before appearing in court.

The Karachi Bar Association urged the CCPO Karachi, the home minister and IG Sindh to tender their resignation and lawyers announced that they would boycott the city courts until proper security measures were put in place.—DawnNews/AFP
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[iPhone]

Damn, this is like a movie scene. These scumbags have so ruthless and wild they're taking ideas from a fiction medium and playing it out in real life. The audacity to attack courts and police while prisoners are brought there and getting them free, or attacking a hospital couple of weeks ago with same goals. Where else if not movies you see this happe. Sadly, they're making it a reality in Pakistan. I say declare a full-fledged police and ranger war on these shitbags. Shoot on sight, dead or alive, show no mercy at all, put one close to their head and press the trigger with their brains flying out the other side, police combat encounter, there's a movie idea for you.

 

[Justin Joseph]

Jundullah militants storm court in Karachi, two killed

Heavily armed gunmen on Saturday brazenly stormed a court in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi and freed four members of the banned Baloch group Jundullah after opening gunfire in which at least two people were killed.

Three attackers entered the city court complex, lobbing grenades and firing from their automatic weapons in which a constable was killed, Deputy Inspector General Iqbal Mehmood told reporters.

The incident which happened at 3:15 pm local time triggered panic in the area as shopkeepers downed the shutters and ran for their lives.

"The men emerged from the mosque inside the city court premises and attacked the police party who were escorting a the four activists of the banned outfit. They resorted to indiscriminate firing and also threw three hand grenades causing explosions as they escaped from the court," an eye witness said.

Later, a body of one of the suspected attackers was found near the court complex. His hands were blown off and the torso mutilated, witnesses said.

Initially, TV channels had said that 10 to 12 armed men were involved in the attack but later police clarified that the storming was carried out by three people.

After freeing the four Jundullah members who had been brought to the complex to be produced in court, the attackers fled to the nearby Jodia Bazar, where they exchanged fire with police.

Officials at the Civil Hospital said they had received four wounded persons. Doctors described the condition of two of them as critical.

Police surrounded Jodia Bazar, a congested market with numerous narrow lanes, and launched a search for the attackers.

The four Jundullah members – Murtaza, Shakeeb Farooqi, Wazeer Muhammad and Murad Shah – were arrested on suspicion of involvement in bomb attacks on Shia processions in Karachi in December last year.

Jundullah is claimed to be a group active in parts of Baloch dominated areas of Iran, bordering Pakistan.

Karachi has been by and large spared of the violence by Taliban militants that has rocked other Pakistani cities over the past few years.

Jundullah militants storm court in Karachi, two killed- Hindustan Times

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Policeman killed as militants snatch four colleagues in Karachi

English.news.cn 2010-06-19 18:26:55

KARACHI, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Suspected militants attacked a police party in the Pakistani port city of Karachi with hand grenades and killed a policeman and snatched at least four colleagues, local police chief said.

Three other policemen were injured when the gunmen launched the attack near city's court.

Deputy Inspector General Police Sindh Iqbal Mehmood said the militants belonged to banned "Jundullah" group. They attacked the police party with hand grenades who were escorting the four militants back to prison.

He said the militants were produced in a local court in the morning and when they were being taken to the prison, a group of some 15 gunmen launched the attack to snatch them.

Police said an attacker was also killed as the police returned fire.

Mehmood said the gunmen succeeded to snatch four colleagues. Police said all the militants were brought from the central jail of Karachi.

Witnesses said that the gunmen had taken shelter in a mosque and suddenly appeared and attacked the policemen around 3:20 p.m.( 1120 GMT)

Ambulances were sent to the blast site and the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, heavy contingents of police were deployed around the city court.

Policeman killed as militants snatch four colleagues in Karachi

 

[you are fired]

how many causality

god give soul rest in peace