Three Pakistani security personnel were killed late Saturday in an attack on a Sindh Rangers facility in the southern city of Karachi, according to Reuters.
The incident happened at around 8:10 p.m. local time (1510 GMT), when a group of terrorists rammed their explosive-laden vehicle into the main gate of the Rangers building near the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi, Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho said.
He added that four terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire between the forces and the terrorists.
Witnesses said they heard a loud blast followed by gunfire along a major road near several universities and Pakistan’s meteorological department.
Mohammad Bakhsh said he was praying at a nearby mosque when he heard the explosion.
“The ground felt like it does when there is an earthquake,” the 40-year-old who runs a restaurant in the area said.
“When we came out there was smoke everywhere … then the gunfire started,” he said, adding the firing went on for around 15 minutes.
