KARACHI:
Police on Saturday foiled an attack on SSP Malir Rao Anwar and killed four militants in Karachi, police said.
“Militants started chasing me in a vehicle and a motorbike as I left home with a police escort,” Anwar, who has survived at least two other attempts on his life, told AFP.
He said militants opened fire as police intercepted the car and bike. The police also retaliated, killing one of the militants on the spot.
He added the three others ran away but police killed them later in an exchange of fire.
Another senior police official, Najeeb Khan, confirmed the incident and said the militants who belonged to banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were wanted for several attacks on law enforcement agencies in Karachi.
It was second attempt on Anwar in little over a month. He survived a gun and grenade attack in early May in which five of the attackers were killed.
Anwar was also attacked by a suicide bomber in April 2012 while travelling home from his office. Four of his security personnel were killed in that incident.
[…] Karachi News Sources […]
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