Terror threat for two Karachi hospitals

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Security for Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and National Institute of Child Health (NICH) has been intensified following a warning of a possible terrorist attack by intelligence agencies, a private media outfit has reported.

Police have been warned about the threat through a letter that states that al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is preparing to attack public hospitals, where terrorists can hold doctors, staff and patients as hostages in coming days.

There is also a possibility of severe destruction through planned explosions at nuclear plants and oxygen reserves in the vicinity, the letter stated.

After the threat, the paramilitary Rangers and police increased deployment at the two hospitals. Overnight, a search operation was also carried out and special commandos were deployed at key positions.

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