Policeman among three killed in Karachi

KARACHI: A policeman was killed when a police mobile was attacked at Al-Asif Square in Karachi Thursday morning while two more were gunned down in a separate incident in Orangi, Geo News reported. According to details, unknown culprits opened fire on a police van at Al-Asif Square in Sohrab Goth today that critically injured a policeman. He was being shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries on the way. Police told that unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle sprayed bullets on two men who were also relatives in Orangi Town. The victims were targeted and killed while they were on their way to work. The deceased were identified as Najam Abbas and Nisar Mehdi and were the employees of a textile mill. The city is in the grip of violence since morning as a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden pickup truck into the gate of Sachal Rangers Headquarters located in North Nazimabad, causing a huge blast that killed two Rangers men and wounded at least 21 people.