Two security personnel martyred in Karachi gun attack

KARACHI: Two security staff were gunned down Tuesday when unidentified shooters opened discharge on their vehicle in the congested, downtown Saddar zone of Karachi, police and doctor's facility authorities said.

The assault occurred close to the Saddar Parking Plaza close Empress Market, one of the busiest markets in the city.

As per reports, the aggressors on bikes figured out how to escape after they started shooting at the vehicle of the security work force, harming them two.

The harmed were hurried to the Jinnah Hospital, where specialists declared Abdul Razzaq dead on entry.

Dr Seemi Jamali at the Jinnah Hospital said specialists were attempting to spare the life of the other individual, recognized as Khadim Hussain.

In any case, later, healing center authorities affirmed that the second security individual likewise succumbed to his injuries.

A substantial unforeseen of Pakistan Rangers and Sindh police work force had achieved the area not long after the episode, hindering the streets prompting the wrongdoing scene and cordoning off the zone. Karachi police boss Mushtaq Maher likewise achieved the area.

"Two jawans having a place with a security organization were assaulted in their vehicle. Our specialists are looking at the wrongdoing scene," Karachi police boss Mushtaq Maher told journalists.

"Our criminological specialists are searching for fingerprints, unfilled shot shells, CCTV footage or whatever other hints, and we will educate you when there are any redesigns," he said.

Whenever asked, he said that police would attempt to "discover if there are connections to any such prior shooting occurrences in the city".

As per beginning reports from Counter-Terrorism Department authorities, a 9mm gun was utilized as a part of the assault, with void 9mm slug shells found from the scene of the wrongdoing.

"9mm weapon was utilized as a part of the assault. Both jawans were shot in the head," the head of police's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Raja Umar Khattab told columnists.

Khattab said that the aggressors drew nearer the vehicle from the back and assaulted the work force from the left half of the vehicle.