[DAWN] At least six coppers were killed and several people injured when police vehicles came under attack near the residence of Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) chief Afaq Ahmed 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...
's Landhi neighbourhood on Saturday night, DawnNews reported.
TV reports suggest that the first attack occurred in Landhi number 6 area when unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade inside a police mobile positioned outside Afaq Ahmed's house. Three coppers were killed in the incident.
The MQM-H leader remained safe in the attack as he was not currently living at his Landhi residence.
Later, another police mobile was attacked near Landhi Hospital when unidentified gunnies opened fire on it killing three police personnel on the spot. A passerby was also injured in the incident.
Injured were shifted to Jinnah Hospital in reportedly critical condition.
"At least six coppers were killed when unknown gunnies on cycle of violences fired at their patrol vehicles with automatic weapons and threw a hand grenade at one vehicle," senior police official Munir Sheikh told AFP confirming the incidents.
Sheikh said the police were investigating who was behind the attack, adding that nobody had grabbed credit for the shootings.
Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Don Smilzo looked for an avenue of escape. The only window opened a hundred feet above the moat. The nearest of the hired assassins held a bloody axe.
The window was looking better all the time....
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM) MPA Muhammad Kamran Farooqi came under attack when unknown gunnies opened fire on his car in North Karachi.
Farooqi escaped the attack unhurt, however, his personal guard sustained wounds.
Karachi, the largest metropolitan city of Pakistain, is riddled with assassinations, gang wars, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism.
Targeted operations led by Rangers with the support of police are ongoing in the city under a directive issued by the federal government against criminals already identified by federal, military and civilian agencies.
Earlier this month a Taliban suicide kaboomer killed one of Pakistain's best-known police commanders, famed for his fearless work tackling forces of Evil 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.