Corps Commander Karachi meets families of Safoora attack victims

KARACHI: Corps Commander Karachi Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar visited Al-Azhar Garden here on Sunday where he met the families of the victims of the Safoora Goth terrorist attack.

At least 43 people were brutally killed in May when terrorists entered a bus belonging to the Ismaili minority community in Karachi and opened fire on the passengers.

The Corps Commander vowed that the facilitators and financiers of the terrorists will be brought to justice.

He said that significant progress has been achieved in the investigation of the Safoora incident and that the main terrorists behind the carnage have already been apprehended.

Lt-Gen Mukhtar also visited Karachi Central Jail where he reviewed arrangements at the prison and greeted personnel deployed for security on Eid.