Police station damaged in bomb attack

By our correspondents
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March 25, 2016

Karachi

Two men riding a motorcycle lobbed a bomb at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station on Thursday. Fortunately,no injuries or casualties were reported.

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The impact of the blast, however, shattered the windowpanes of the police station, while also damaging a few vehicles parked outside.

According to Gulshan-e-IqbalSHOSafdar Mashwani, an official standing guard at the station didfire at the attackers, but they managed to flee.

An official of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) said the explosivewas locally manufactured and weighed around 500 grams.

The attack comes amidst a series of grenade attacks onRangers check-posts in separate areas over the past few weeks.

On March 22, four men hadlobbed a cracker bomb at a Rangers check-post in Sector-2 ½ of Korangi, the fourth one attacked in the city as three check-posts were attacked with bombs prior to that– at Korangi Crossing on March 18 in which three soldiers were hurt, and in PIB Colony and Gulshan-e-Iqbal on March 13.

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