[DAWN] Gunmen on cycle of violences late Monday rubbed out four coppers in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, police said.
The incident occurred in Ibrahim Hyderi area, a poor neighbourhood in the eastern part of the port city where the coppers were on duty.
"The attackers came on cycle of violences, they opened fire on the police and fled away," senior police official Munir Sheikh told AFP, adding that "all four coppers died in the attack".
No group has yet grabbed credit for the attack.
Karachi, a city of 18 million people which contributes 42 per cent of Pakistain's GDP, has been plagued by sectarian, ethnic and political violence for years.
Rangers are currently taking part in a joint operation with police in Karachi aimed at cleansing the city of gunnies and other hardcore criminals, including hired killers, gun runners and drug peddlers.
Earlier last month a Taliban suicide kaboomer killed one of Pakistain's best-known police commanders, famed for his fearless work tackling faceless myrmidons in the city.
Chaudhry Aslam, the head of the criminal investigation department who had survived numerous liquidation attempts in the past, died along with two other officers when a bomber targeted a police convoy on an expressway in eastern Karachi.