[DAWN] KARACHI: Unknown assailants carried out a kaboom on a police brass hat 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 upscale Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood on Thursday night, killing two people and injuring at least seven others, DawnNews reported.
The attack targeted a convoy of SSP South Farooq Awan in DHA Phase 4. The blast was heard far and wide and a large plume of smoke was visible as well.
The blast caused a suspension of electricity supply in the vicinity. The vehicle of the senior police officer was completely destroyed in the attack, whereas another police mobile van escorting him was also badly damaged.
"Police has cordoned off the area and is collecting evidence from the blast site," said IG Sindh Ghulam Haider Jamali. He said that the attack, in which two people were killed and six others injured, did not appear to have been carried out by a jacket wallah.
The IG added that the bomb appeared to have been planted in a Suzuki pickup van which was remotely detonated.
Seemi Jamali, the spokesperson at Karachi's Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, confirmed to AFP that two people died in the attack. She added two women were among the injured.
Speaking to the media, Additional IG Sindh Ghulam Qadir Thebo said that the attacker was apparently either riding a cycle of violence or on foot. SSP Farooq Awan also suffered minor wounds in the attack and was shifted to a private hospital.