A vehicle carrying foreign nationals was struck by a suicide blast attack in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday, leaving at least two people dead, according to broadcaster Geo News.
The report stated that all five of the foreign passengers in the car survived the attack, and that the police used retaliatory fire to kill the suicide bomber and two terrorists.
Some of Pakistan’s bloodiest attacks in recent years have been carried out by terrorists who want to overthrow the government and impose their own strict brand of Islamic rule. They have occasionally targeted foreigners, including Chinese people, according to news agency Reuters.
The Japanese survivors have been moved to a safe place in police custody, the police spokesperson, Abrar Hussain Baloch, said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack from any militant group.
The Karachi Police confirmed that it was a suicide attack. It said another vehicle was also damaged in the explosion, Geo News reported.
As per initial reports shared by the police, the second terrorist killed in the encounter was also a suicide bomber.
“A suicide jacket and a grenade are tied to the terrorist’s body,” the police said, adding that a bomb disposal team is reaching the site of the attack.
The law enforcement agency also shared that the foreign nationals were working in the export processing zone, the report said.
Jinnah Hospital officials told Geo News that three injured were brought to the medical facility out of which two were critically injured. The injured, which included two security guards and a passerby, were identified as Noor Muhammad, Langar Khan and Salman Rafiq.
They also confirmed that no foreign national was injured in the accident.
“After the explosion, a terrorist was firing at the vehicle,” Geo News quoted a security guard, who was with the nationals and witnessed the incident, as saying.
Meanwhile, Sindh governor Kamran Tessori condemned the suicide attack in Landhi, directing the CCPO and IG to present a report on the attack.
“Terrorism will not be tolerated in the city under any circumstances,” the governor said.
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