Two Rangers personnel were injured after a suicide bomber targeted wing commander’s vehicle on Friday.
A spokesman of Rangers said the Ghazi Rangers wing commander was on the way to Defence Housing Authority and while passing through Qayyumabad area a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the vehicle.
The blast damaged the car of Rangers commander but fortunately the officer and security personnel remained safe in the alleged suicide attack. However, two personnel sustained injuries and were shifted to a hospital.
According to SSP Korangi, vehicle of Rangers’ Sector Commander, Brigadier Basit, was targeted in the attack which left four people including Rangers officers injured.
Meanwhile, security officials arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area and started a search operation.
Body parts were found from the explosion site, indicating that it was a suicide attack.
It was the 12th attack since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced talks on January 29 and said he wanted to “give peace another chance”.
The incident came a day after a Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 police personnel and injured more than 40 in Shah Latif Town area.
Friday’s attack came a day after a remote-controlled blast left 13 police commandos dead outside a police training centre in Razzaqabad area. The blast was claimed by banned terrorist outfit TTP.
Meanwhile, Rangers arrested five workers of a banned terrorist outfit during a search operation in Sohrab Goth.
