Heavily armed gunmen have attacked a convey of police vehicles in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, killing at least three police officers and injuring several others.
Security officials say the policemen were killed after unknown assailants sprayed bullets on a police patrol in the Patel Para area of Karachi on Sunday morning.
Security forces cordoned off the area after the blast, and launched an investigation.
Separately, unknown gunmen lobbed a grenade at Gabool Park in Lyari area of the largest city, killing at least one person and injuring seven others.
Karachi has experienced a fresh spate of violence and targeted killings over the past few months.
Sectarian, political and ethnic violence in Karachi has killed hundreds of people in Pakistanâ„¢s main commercial hub so far this year.
The developments also come days after Pakistan’s top court ordered the government law enforcement agencies to take immediate action against pro-Taliban militants in the country’s largest city.
The Supreme Court ordered the government in Sindh Province, of which Karachi is the capital, to take the issue of the presence of the Taliban in the city seriously.
Reports say at least 7,000 Pro-Taliban militants have made their way into the country’s largest city and its commercial hub.
The city is home to numerous ethnic groups and has been hit by clashes between rival ethnic and political factions in the past two decades.
Thousands of people have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since 2001 when Pakistan entered an alliance with the US on the so-called war against terrorism, according to local media.
Thousands more have been displaced by the wave of violence and militancy sweeping across the country.
JR/PR
This article originally appeared on: Press TV