Two Military Police personnel on Tuesday have embraced martyrdom in an attack on MA Jinnah Road near Tibet Centre.
The attack claimed lives of constable Rashid and Lance Naik Arshad.
It is pertinent to mention here that the incident has come four days before holding of local body (LB) polls in Sindh. Eyewitnesses have said that two men drove a motorcycle to the attack site and opened fire at the personnel.
Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) and Additional IG has reached the attack site. While talking to the media, DIG South Dr Jameel said that attackers opened fire from the rear. He said that four to five 9mm shells have been recovered from the crime scene.
According to the latest reports, police have arrested a suspect from the area.
Meanwhile, Sindh Home Ministry has also taken notice of the incident. Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah has summoned a report from Sindh Police IG.
The attack has come around ten days after three Rangers personnel were martyred while four sustained injuries in an assailment in Ittehad Town area. Officials had suggested the attackers intended to target the mosque during Friday prayers.
The Rangers as well as the police have been engaged in a three-year long anti-militant and crime operation in Karachi and come under attack by militants frequently.
In March a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a Rangers patrol van, killing at four soldiers.
Since January, 79 policemen have been gunned down in different parts of the city.
The National Assembly (NA) was informed earlier about the number of lives lost in different terrorism related incidents. The report stated that 3,157 LEA personnel, 5,532 citizens were martyred in the last five years.
At least 152 civilian lost their lives in Punjab, 313 in Sindh, 2,422 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,050 in Balochistan, 61 in Islamabad, 1,470 in FATA, one in Azad Kashmir and 63 civilians were targeted in Gilgit-Baltistan.
